title: Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis G virus among hemodialysis patients in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis G virus (HGV) in hemodialysis patients in East Anatolia, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-nine hemodialysis patients and 30 healthy individuals were analyzed by using reverse-transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction with primers specific for 5' untranslated region. HGV genotyping was performed by PCR and three randomly selected HGV-positive samples were sequenced.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 89 hemodialysis patients, HGV RNA was detected in 9 (10.2%). All of our isolates were assigned to genotype 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that hemodialysis patients carry the risk for HGV infection in East Anatolia, Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Firat University Medical School, Elazig, Turkey. aozdarendeli@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Aykut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozdarendeli
authors.forename: Zulal A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Toroman
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalkan
authors.forename: Suleyman S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozden
authors.forename: Mehmet Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Doymaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D029407:GB virus C / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D012367:RNA, Viral