Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients

To assess percentages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in infected Lebanese patients referred to St. George Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, 77 infected cases were studied. Of those, 27 were hemodialysis patients. Genotyping was performed by nested PCR of the HCV core-region with specific primers, fol...

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Main Author: Mokhbat, J. (author)
Other Authors: Irani-Hakime, N. (author), Samaha, H. (author), Almawi, W. (author), Abou Jaoude, M. (author), Daccache, J. (author), Rahal, E. (author)
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Published: 2003
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Irani-Hakime, N., Samaha, H., Almawi, W., Nasr, E., Mokhbat, J., Abou, J. M., ... & Rahal, E. (2002). Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients: a hospital-based study. Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 51(3), 121-126.
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description To assess percentages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in infected Lebanese patients referred to St. George Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, 77 infected cases were studied. Of those, 27 were hemodialysis patients. Genotyping was performed by nested PCR of the HCV core-region with specific primers, followed by DNA enzyme-immunoassay using HCV type and subtype-specific probes. Single genotype infections were detected in 52 patients (67.5%). In these cases, types 1, 2, 3 and 4 were detected in 19.5%, 32.5%, 5.1% and 10.4% of the cases respectively. Twenty-five (32.5%) samples showed mixed genotype infections. Single genotype distribution was significantly different among dialysis and non-dialysis patients. In the dialysis group, genotype 2 was predominant (80%, p < 0.001). In single HCV genotype-infected patients, subtype 1b was frequently detected in nondialysis cases (34.4%) whereas this genotype was found in only 5% of dialysis cases. Genotypes 5 and 6 were not detected in any of the cases studied. This pilot hospital-based study provides evidence for the diversity of HCV genotypes in the Lebanese population and establishes differences in distribution depending on the risk group.
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Irani-Hakime, N., Samaha, H., Almawi, W., Nasr, E., Mokhbat, J., Abou, J. M., ... & Rahal, E. (2002). Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients: a hospital-based study. Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 51(3), 121-126.
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spelling Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patientsa hospital-based studyMokhbat, J.Irani-Hakime, N.Samaha, H.Almawi, W.Abou Jaoude, M.Daccache, J.Rahal, E.To assess percentages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in infected Lebanese patients referred to St. George Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, 77 infected cases were studied. Of those, 27 were hemodialysis patients. Genotyping was performed by nested PCR of the HCV core-region with specific primers, followed by DNA enzyme-immunoassay using HCV type and subtype-specific probes. Single genotype infections were detected in 52 patients (67.5%). In these cases, types 1, 2, 3 and 4 were detected in 19.5%, 32.5%, 5.1% and 10.4% of the cases respectively. Twenty-five (32.5%) samples showed mixed genotype infections. Single genotype distribution was significantly different among dialysis and non-dialysis patients. In the dialysis group, genotype 2 was predominant (80%, p < 0.001). In single HCV genotype-infected patients, subtype 1b was frequently detected in nondialysis cases (34.4%) whereas this genotype was found in only 5% of dialysis cases. Genotypes 5 and 6 were not detected in any of the cases studied. This pilot hospital-based study provides evidence for the diversity of HCV genotypes in the Lebanese population and establishes differences in distribution depending on the risk group.PublishedN/A2017-02-15T14:08:21Z2017-02-15T14:08:21Z20032017-02-15Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article0023-9852http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5231Irani-Hakime, N., Samaha, H., Almawi, W., Nasr, E., Mokhbat, J., Abou, J. M., ... & Rahal, E. (2002). Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients: a hospital-based study. Le Journal medical libanais. The Lebanese medical journal, 51(3), 121-126.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttp://europepmc.org/abstract/med/15707071enLebanese Medical Journalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/52312021-03-19T10:00:48Z
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title Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients
title_full Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients
title_fullStr Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients
title_short Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients
title_sort Prevalence of hepatitis C virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected Lebanese patients
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5231
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/15707071