HEPATITIS-B AND HEPATITIS-D GENOMES IN HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN NEGATIVE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C

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作者
GONZALEZ, S [1 ]
NAVAS, S [1 ]
MADEJON, A [1 ]
BARTOLOME, J [1 ]
CASTILLO, I [1 ]
MORALEDA, G [1 ]
MARTIN, J [1 ]
MARRIOTT, E [1 ]
HERRERO, M [1 ]
CARRENO, V [1 ]
机构
[1] FDN JIMENEZ DIAZ,HEPATOL UNIT,E-28040 MADRID,SPAIN
关键词
PCR; HBV; HDV; HCV; LIVER;
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10.1002/jmv.1890450210
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Hepatitis B and hepatitis D viral genomes were tested by nested polymerase chain reaction in the serum and liver of 69 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative, anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive patients (47 with HCV RNA and 22 without HCV RNA). Serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-was detected in 49% of the patients with HCV-RNA and in 64% of those without HCV-RNA. Furthermore, intrahepatic HBV-DNA was found in four of five (80%) of the biopsies analysed. Delta genome was found in 72% and 73%, respectively, of the anti-HCV positive patients with or without HCV-RNA. In addition, intrahepatic delta virus genome was detected in another four liver biopsies studied. In the group of patients with HCV-RNA, the simultaneous presence of hepatitis B and D genomes was statistically higher in transfused patients than in drug addicts, or in those with an unknown infection route (P < 0.001). These results show a high percentage of B and D genomes in HBsAg negative patients with anti-HCV, irrespective of the presence or absence of the HCV genome. However, the clinical implications of this finding should be examined in future studies. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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