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di Filippo D, Cortes-Mancera F, Beltran M, Arbelaez MP, Jaramillo S, Restrepo JC, Correa G, Navas MC. Molecular characterization of hepatitis c virus in multi-transfused Colombian patients. Virol J 2012; 9:242. [PMID: 23088845 PMCID: PMC3544681 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-9-242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Accepted: 10/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects 170 million persons worldwide and is a public health problem. Considering that HCV is principally transmitted by exposure to infected blood, multi-transfused patients constitute one of the most important risk groups in developing countries. To explore the dynamics of this infection in Colombia, we performed a study to determine the genotypes of HCV in a cohort of multi-transfused patients. Results The serum samples from patients positive for anti-HCV were evaluated for HCV RNA by nested-PCR of the 5’untranslated region (5’UTR). Viral genotype was determined by RFLP and/or automated sequencing. HCV subtype 1b was found in eight cases (66.7%) and subtype 1a in two cases (16.7%); seven isolates of subtype 1b were obtained from patients who had received the first transfusion before 1986. Either genotypes 2b (8.3%) or 3a (8.3%) were found in the remaining positive specimens. Conclusions This is the first HCV genotyping study developed in multi-transfused patients in Colombia where HCV subtype 1b was the most prevalent. The mutation G235A in the 5’UTR of three isolates generated an additional restriction site and an RFLP pattern different from those previously described for genotype 1.
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- Diana di Filippo
- Grupo de Gastrohepatologia, Sede de Investigacion Universitaria (SIU), Universidad de Antioquia, Carrera 53 # 61-30, Laboratorio 434, Torre 2, Medellin, Colombia
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Cortes-Mancera F, Loureiro CL, Hoyos S, Restrepo JC, Correa G, Jaramillo S, Norder H, Pujol FH, Navas MC. Etiology and Viral Genotype in Patients with End-Stage Liver Diseases admitted to a Hepatology Unit in Colombia. HEPATITIS RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2011; 2011:363205. [PMID: 21941645 PMCID: PMC3177233 DOI: 10.1155/2011/363205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are the principal risk factor associated to end-stage liver diseases in the world. A study was carried out on end-stage liver disease cases admitted to an important hepatology unit in Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia. From 131 patients recruited in this prospective study, 71% of cases were diagnosed as cirrhosis, 12.2% as HCC, and 16.8% as cirrhosis and HCC. Regarding the risk factors of these patients, alcohol consumption was the most frequent (37.4%), followed by viral etiology (17.6%). Blood and/or hepatic tissue samples from patients with serological markers for HCV or HBV infection were characterized; on the basis of the phylogenetic analysis of HCV 5' UTR and HBV S gene, isolates belonged to HCV/1 and HBV/F3, respectively. These results confirm the presence of strains associated with poor clinical outcome, in patients with liver disease in Colombia; additionally, HBV basal core promoter double mutant was identified in HCC cases. Here we show the first study of cirrhosis and/or HCC in Colombian and HBV and HCV molecular characterization of these patients. Viral aetiology was not the main risk factor in this cohort but alcohol consumption.
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- Fabian Cortes-Mancera
- Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano (ITM), Institución Universitaria Adscrita a la Alcaldía de Medellín, Medellín 549 59, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, CMBC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo. 20632, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Unidad de Hepatología y Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU), Calle 78B 69-240, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Unidad de Hepatología y Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU), Calle 78B 69-240, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Unidad de Hepatología y Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU), Calle 78B 69-240, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Unidad de Hepatología y Trasplante Hepático, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU), Calle 78B 69-240, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, CMBC, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo. 20632, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Gastrohepatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Moratorio G, Martínez M, Gutiérrez MF, González K, Colina R, López-Tort F, López L, Recarey R, Schijman AG, Moreno MP, García-Aguirre L, Manascero AR, Cristina J. Evolution of naturally occurring 5'non-coding region variants of Hepatitis C virus in human populations of the South American region. Virol J 2007; 4:79. [PMID: 17683527 PMCID: PMC1973069 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-4-79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/02/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been the subject of intense research and clinical investigation as its major role in human disease has emerged. Previous and recent studies have suggested a diversification of type 1 HCV in the South American region. The degree of genetic variation among HCV strains circulating in Bolivia and Colombia is currently unknown. In order to get insight into these matters, we performed a phylogenetic analysis of HCV 5' non-coding region (5'NCR) sequences from strains isolated in Bolivia, Colombia and Uruguay, as well as available comparable sequences of HCV strains isolated in South America. Methods Phylogenetic tree analysis was performed using the neighbor-joining method under a matrix of genetic distances established under the Kimura-two parameter model. Signature pattern analysis, which identifies particular sites in nucleic acid alignments of variable sequences that are distinctly representative relative to a background set, was performed using the method of Korber & Myers, as implemented in the VESPA program. Prediction of RNA secondary structures was done by the method of Zuker & Turner, as implemented in the mfold program. Results Phylogenetic tree analysis of HCV strains isolated in the South American region revealed the presence of a distinct genetic lineage inside genotype 1. Signature pattern analysis revealed that the presence of this lineage is consistent with the presence of a sequence signature in the 5'NCR of HCV strains isolated in South America. Comparisons of these results with the ones found for Europe or North America revealed that this sequence signature is characteristic of the South American region. Conclusion Phylogentic analysis revealed the presence of a sequence signature in the 5'NCR of type 1 HCV strains isolated in South America. This signature is frequent enough in type 1 HCV populations circulating South America to be detected in a phylogenetic tree analysis as a distinct type 1 sub-population. The coexistence of distinct type 1 HCV subpopulations is consistent with quasispecies dynamics, and suggests that multiple coexisting subpopulations may allow the virus to adapt to its human host populations.
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- Gonzalo Moratorio
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cra 7 # 43-82 Ed 50 of 313, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y Bioquímicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Av. Villazón No. 1995 Monoblock Central, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Grupo CentraLab, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, Second Floor, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cra 7 # 43-82 Ed 50 of 313, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular. Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares. Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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