occult hepatitis b virus among the patients with abnormal alanine transaminase
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background the occult hepatitis b infection (obi) is defined as the presence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) dna in the sera or in the liver biopsy and the absence of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) by serological test. objectives the current study aimed to evaluate the occult hbv infection by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and determine hbv genotyping among the patients with abnormal alanine transaminase (alt) in ahvaz city, iran. patients and methods the sera of 120 patients, 54 (45%) females and 66 (55%) males, with abnormal alt 40-152 iu were collected. all the patients were negative for hbsag for more than one year. the patients` sera were tested by pcr using primers specified for the s region of hbv. then the positive pcr products were sequenced to determine hbv genotyping and phylogenic tree. results of these 120 subjects, 12 (10%) patients including 6 (5%) males and 6 (5%) females were found positive for hbv dna by pcr, which indicated the presence of occult hbv infection among these patients. the sequencing results revealed that genotype d was predominant with sub-genotyping d1 among obi patients. conclusions occult hepatitis b infection is remarkably prevalent in ahvaz, iran, and should be considered as a potential risk factor for the transmission of hepatitis b virus throughout the community by the carriers.
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jundishapur journal of microbiologyجلد ۷، شماره ۸، صفحات ۰-۰
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