Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis c virus infection in an area of hyperendemicity in Southern Italy: a population-based study

Authors
Osella, AR Sonzogni, L Cavallini, A Foti, L Guerra, V Di Leo, A Mondelli, MU Misciagna, G Silini, EM
Citation
Ar. Osella et al., Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis c virus infection in an area of hyperendemicity in Southern Italy: a population-based study, J CLIN MICR, 37(7), 1999, pp. 2371-2372
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2371 - 2372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(199907)37:7<2371:MEOHCV>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In a cohort of subjects from Italy, anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HCV RN A [HCV(+) subgroup] prevalences were 24.6 and 79.6%, respectively. HCV type s 1b and 2a/c accounted for 95% of infections. Adjusted alanine aminotransf erase levels were higher in males than in females and in RNA-positive subje cts than in RNA-negative subjects regardless of HCV type. Genotype distribu tion was unrelated to demographic variables.