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Variability of the PreS1/PreS2/S regions of hepatitis B virus in Hungary

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Infection with the hepatitis B virus can occur perinatally, parenterally, or sexually, and it can cause acute or chronic liver diseases. Phylogenetic analysis of the virus has led to its classification into eight genotypes (A–H), which show a characteristic worldwide distribution. The aim of this study was to reveal the HBV genotypes present in Hungary and to investigate a nosocomial and an intrafamilial outbreak.

The collected samples were tested by nested PCR, and a 650-nucleotide-long segment of the preS1/preS2/S region was sequenced. As no previous genotype data were available from Hungary, sera of 24 HBsAg-positive patients were collected from different regions of the country. They also served as control samples for the molecular epidemiologic study. Nineteen of them carried genotype D of hepatitis B virus, and five of them carried genotype A. Twenty-nine patients from a haemato-oncology unit were affected in a nosocomial outbreak. The patients had haematological and/or oncological diseases, most of them were immunosuppressed. In twenty-eight cases, based on phylogenetic analysis of the viruses, there was presumably a common source of infection, and an epidemiological investigation showed that the infections seemed to be hospital-acquired. In the intrafamilial outbreak, two asymptomatic carrier children infected their foster mother. The three sequences were totally identical.

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  1. Division of Virology, National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary

    K. N. Szomor, Á. Dencs, Y. Saleh Ali, G. Berencsi & M. Takács

  2. Bioinformatics Group, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllö, Hungary

    G. Tóth

  3. Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    G. M. Kovács

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Szomor, K., Dencs, Á., Tóth, G. et al. Variability of the PreS1/PreS2/S regions of hepatitis B virus in Hungary. Arch Virol 152, 697–704 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-006-0902-0

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