Partial nucleotide sequencing of the NS3/helicase region of hepatitis G virus to prove vertical transmission |
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Authors: | Shigenobu Takayama Takuma Miura Tomonari Tominaga Masashi Taki Sumitaka Matsuo Shunji Sugii Kunitada Shimotohno |
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Institution: | Division of Laboratory Research, St. Marianna University Yokohamashi Seibu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. stakayam@mb.kcom.ne.jp |
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Abstract: | To study non-parental transmission of hepatitis G virus and/or GB virus C (HGV/GBV-C), we sequenced and compared the NS3/helicase region of the virus for five HGV/GBV-C RNA-positive mothers and their 11 children who had experienced neither blood transfusion nor overt hepatitis and were negative for HBV, HCV and HIV, except in one mother coinfected with HCV. The nucleotide sequences of the familial HGV/GBV-C isolates showed high similarity of 99-100% (mean 99.8%, 100% at the deduced amino acid level) between mother and her child(ren) in each family. These findings strongly suggest the spontaneous occurrence of mother-to-child transmission of HGV/GBV-C as reported previously. They also suggest that nucleotide sequence analysis on the NS3/helicase region of HGV/GBV-C may be a useful tool to study HGV/GBV-C transmission. |
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Keywords: | Hepatitis G virus and/or GB virus C Partial nucleotide sequencing NS3/helicase Vertical transmission |
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