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Prevalência de genótipos e de mutantes pré-core A-1896 do vírus da hepatite B e suas implicações na hepatite crônica, em uma população da Amazônia oriental
(2004) CONDE, Simone Regina Souza da Silva; MÓIA, Lizomar de Jesus Maués Pereira; BARBOSA, Maria Silvia de Brito; AMARAL, Ivanete do Socorro Abraçado; MIRANDA, Esther Castello Branco Mello; SOARES, Manoel do Carmo Pereira; BRITO, Elizabete Maria de Figueiredo; SOUZA, Olglaíze do Socorro Costa; ARAÚJO, Marialva Tereza Ferreira de; DEMACHKI, Samia; REBELLO, João Renato Pinho; MESQUITA, Michele Gomes Soares; BERTOLLINI, Denis Alberto; ISHAK, Ricardo
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection presents itself with a variety of clinical manifestations. The present work aims to describe the prevalence of HBV genotypes and the occurrence of precore mutation A-1896 in a population group of the Eastern Amazon region of Brazil and to correlate them with the clinical presentation of chronic HBV infection. 51 HBsAg carriers (HBV-DNA positive) were selected and divided into three groups: A (14 asymptomatic subjects), B (20 HBeAg positive symptomatic patients) and C (17 HBeAg negative symptomatic patients). Using an automa ed DNA sequencer ABI model 377 by sequencing for determined of genotypes and precore mutation. The results showed that the genotype A was the most commonly found (81,1%, 89,5% and 93,7% in groups A, B and C, respectively) and precore mutation A-1896 was described in 11,5% (3/26) of group A subjects. Genotype A of HBV was the most prevalent (89,1%) and low occurrence of precore mutation A-1896, both not associate with the worst outcome of the chronic infection of HBV.