Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in the State of Pará, Brazil

  • Vanessa de Souza Guimarães,
  • Talita Gomes de Melo,
  • Rita de Cássia Damasceno Ferreira,
  • Sherley Ferreira de Almeida,
  • Luisa Caricio Martins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0457-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 4
pp. 508 – 512

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Abstract INTRODUCTION This study reports the genotype prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Pará, Brazil. METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 344 plasma samples sent to the Lacen-Pará for diagnostics by molecular techniques. RESULTS: HCV genotypes identified in the different regions of Pará were 1b (47.7%), 3 (23.3%), 1a (18%), and 2 (4.4%). Genotype 1 occurred in 41.6% of men and 30.8% of women in the 18-86-year-old group. CONCLUSIONS: Genotype 1 is the most predominant in Pará, which reinforces the idea of its relationship with late-diagnosed chronic infection.

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