[Microbiological diagnosis of viral hepatitis].
Hepatitis of viral aetiology caused by hepatotropic virus (A, E, B, D and C) represents an important work load for the clinical virology laboratory. Most of the diagnostic is based upon detection in serum and plasma samples of different serological and virological markers, which correlates with different infection stages. In chronic infection by HBV and HCV is necessary to perform diagnostic by molecular methods as well as antigen detection in sequential samples along the course of the disease taking into account that a reliable storage must be provided for stability of structural components of the virus. Recent knowledge about mutations variants in some of the virus may alter the validity of particular markers.
Ortiz de Lejarazu
Raúl
R
Hospital Clínico Universitario, Facultad de Medicina de Valladolid, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. lejarazu@med.uva.es
Avellón
Ana
A
Eiros
José María
JM
D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006518:Hepatitis Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans