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ArticleThe Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Distribution of HBV subgenotypes in Ribeirão Preto, Southeastern Brazil: a region with history of intense Italian immigration.

Silvana Gama Florencio Chachá, Michele Soares Gomes-Gouvêa, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Márcia Guimarães Villanova, Fernanda Fernandes Souza, Andreza Correa Teixeira, Afonso Dinis da Costa Passos, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Ana de Lourdes Candolo Martinelli

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Article in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvana Gama Florencio ChacháUniversidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Medicina, São Carlos, SP, Brasil; Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil. Electronic address: sgfchacha@gmail.com.
Michele Soares Gomes-GouvêaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Laboratório de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Fernanda de Mello MaltaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Laboratório de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Sandro da Costa FerreiraUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Márcia Guimarães VillanovaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Fernanda Fernandes SouzaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Andreza Correa TeixeiraUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Afonso Dinis da Costa PassosUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Medicina Social, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
João Renato Rebello PinhoUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Laboratório de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Ana de Lourdes Candolo MartinelliUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BRInstituto de Medicina Tropical · PYUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto · BRUniversidade Federal de São Carlos · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is distributed worldwide, with geographical variations regarding prevalence of the different genotypes. The aim of this study was to determine the HBV genotypes and subgenotypes circulating in Southeast Brazil and compare the genetic sequences found with HBV sequences previously described in the world. Sequences from 166 chronic HBV carriers were analyzed using the fragment constituted by 1306 base pairs comprising surface and polymerase regions of the HBV genome. The sequences obtained were submitted to phylogenetic analysis. HBV subgenotypes A1, A2, D1-D4, F2a, and F4 were found. HBV genotype D was the most frequent, found in 99 patients (58.4%). Within this group, subgenotype D3 was the most prevalent, in 73 patients (42.9%). HBV genotype A was identified in 58 (36%) patients, subgenotype A1, in 48 (29.8%) subjects. Genotype F was identified in 9 (5.4%). According to the phylogenetic analysis, the sequences found were grouped with sequences from Europe, Asia and Middle East (subgenotypes D1, D2, D3) and sequences from Latin America and Africa (subgenotype A1). HBV D3 grouped in different clusters inside D3 clade, several of them with sequences isolated in Italy. We also identified eight families whose relatives were infected with the same HBV subgenotype, most with high similarity between sequences. In conclusion, the distribution of the HBV sequences obtained interweaved with sequences from other continents, corresponding to regions from where many immigrants came to this region, in accordance to the hypothesis that the HBV detected over there were brought during the colonization times.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsAdultAgedBrazilDNA, ViralEmigration and ImmigrationFemaleGenotypeHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusHumansMaleMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNADNA, ViralGenotypeHepatitis B virusIntra-familial transmissionPhylogenetics

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PMID28482184
PMCPMC9427821
OpenAlexW2611912383

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