CHARACTERIZATION OF A GENETIC VARIANT OF HUMAN HEPATITIS-A VIRUS

被引:30
作者
KHANNA, B [1 ]
SPELBRING, JE [1 ]
INNIS, BL [1 ]
ROBERTSON, BH [1 ]
机构
[1] ARMED FORCES RES INST MED SCI,USA MED COMPONENT,BANGKOK,THAILAND
关键词
NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; ANIMAL INFECTIVITY;
D O I
10.1002/jmv.1890360208
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Human isolates of hepatitis A (HAV) are a single serotype; however, recent genetic surveys using limited nucleotide sequencing have provided evidence that more than one genotype is responsible for HAV infection in different parts of the world (Jansen et al. [1990]: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87:2867-2871; Robertson et al. [1991] J Infect Dis 163:286-292). One of these genotypes was originally isolated from Panamanian owl monkeys (strain PA21), but has subsequently been found associated with human cases of HAV from Sweden in 1979 (H-122) and the United States of America in 1976 (GA76). The nucleic acid sequence of the exposed capsid polypeptide region of GA76 differs from other human HAV sequences by approximately 20%, yet differs by only 2.4% when compared with P1 sequence of the PA21 strain. The 20% nucleic acid variability between GA76 and other human HAV results in limited amino acid changes (3%), while a comparison with PA21 revealed only four homologous amino acid substitutions within VP2, VP3, and VP1 polypeptides. HAV infected stool specimens from Nepal and northern India during 1989 and 1990 were found to contain virus whose genetic makeup was related to the PA21 and GA76 isolates. This genotype of HAV appears to be circulating in some parts of the world where HAV is hyperendemic, and is a potential cause of hepatitis A infection within a susceptible population.
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