Molecular and serological characterization of hepatitis B virus in deferred Ghanaian blood donors with and without elevated alanine aminotransferase.

Abstract:

:Candidate blood donors in Ghana are frequent carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV). A comparative study of 117 donor samples including 46 with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > or = 60 IU/L and 71 with < or =40 IU/L level was undertaken. S and the basic core promoter-precore regions (BCP/PC) sequencing was used to identify genotypes and variants relevant to HBV natural history, respectively. Age, viral load, HBe status were correlated with molecular data. HBV genotype E (87%) was dominant with little genotypes A (10%) and D (3%). Comparing individuals with or without liver disease, an association between liver disease and older age (P = 0.004) and higher viral load (P = 0.002) whether as a whole population or only genotype E was found. Compared with a commercial assay, BCP/PC sequencing had lower sensitivity to detect mixtures of wild-type and variant viruses but detected BCP deletions. BCP 1762/1764 variants were positively correlated with older age (P < 0.0001) and elevated ALT levels (P = 0.01). PC 1896 stop codon was marginally correlated with viral load (P = 0.09). HBV genotype E infection natural history appears different from genotypes B and C prevalent in Asia. Donors with liver disease being older, with higher viral load and higher BCP variant proportion may be at higher risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

journal_name

J Viral Hepat

authors

Candotti D,Opare-Sem O,Rezvan H,Sarkodie F,Allain JP

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2893.2006.00741.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-11-01 00:00:00

pages

715-24

issue

11

eissn

1352-0504

issn

1365-2893

pii

JVH741

journal_volume

13

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