https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/6497
Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título: | Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in north-eastern Brazil: a population-based study |
Título(s) alternativo(s): | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Autor(es): | Zarife, Maria Alice Sant'anna Silva, Luciano K. Silva, Maria Betânia S. Lopes, Gisele Barreto Barreto, Mauricio Lima Teixeira, Maria da Glória Lima Cruz Dourado, Maria Inês Costa Reis, Mitermayer G. |
Autor(es): | Zarife, Maria Alice Sant'anna Silva, Luciano K. Silva, Maria Betânia S. Lopes, Gisele Barreto Barreto, Mauricio Lima Teixeira, Maria da Glória Lima Cruz Dourado, Maria Inês Costa Reis, Mitermayer G. |
Abstract: | In general, the prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are estimated based on the ambulatory clinic or hospital population. In the present work, a population-based study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection in Salvador, Brazil. A total of 1308 serum samples were collected from 30 ‘sentinel areas’, and the prevalence of HCV infection was determined by ELISA and confirmed by recombinant immunoblot assay and RT-PCR. The overall prevalence of HCV infection was 1.5% (20/1308). Prevalence was greater among those aged 35 years or older and those with more education. Genotype 3 was the most common (53.3%), followed by genotypes 1 (40%) and 2 (6.7%). These observations are different from those found in a prior survey of hospital and ambulatory patients in Salvador, who were most frequently infected with genotype 1, followed by genotypes 3 and 2, respectively. |
Palavras-chave: | Hepatitis C virus HCV Population-based study Genotype |
Editora / Evento / Instituição: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6497 |
Data do documento: | 2006 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico Estrangeiro (ISC) |
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