作者
A Quintero, Dm Martinez, B Alarcon De Noya, A Costagliola, L Urbina, N González, F Liprandi, D Castro De Guerra, FH Pujol
发表日期
2002/9
期刊
Archives of virology
卷号
147
页码范围
1829-1836
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among Venezuelan populations of African origin was analyzed. These populations exhibited lower HBV prevalence than the one found in the African continent. Sequence analysis of 6 isolates showed that 3 belonged to genotype F, while the 3 others were HBV genotype A. HBV genotype A was more common in the Afro-Venezuelan groups than in the general Venezuelan population. This might reflect the introduction of genotype A during the slavery period. The absence of the African genotype E among these isolates supports the hypothesis of a recent origin for this HBV genotype. HBV genotype F has already been introduced to these relatively isolated communities.
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