Seroprevalence and Molecular Characterisation of Human Hepatitis A virus in Serum Samples of Tunisian Patients with Clinical Symptoms of Viral Hepatitis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to investigate the seroprevalence of Hepatitis A virus antibodies in patients with clinical symptoms of viral hepatitis and molecular characterization of the detected isolates. The present study deals with the seroprevalence and the genetic diversity of HAV in 400 Tunisian patients presenting in dispensaries (160 patients) and in University Hospitals (240 patients) with hepatitis symptoms between 2006 and 2008. The patients with acute hepatitis were mainly from rural regions. However, the total number of patients was decreased over time. The collected samples were from patients with hepatitis symptoms occurring mainly during January-March (36.7, 26, and 35.5%) and September-December (39.4, 43.4, and 35.5%) during the three years of study, respectively. Howe

SUBMITTER: Gharbi-Khelifi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3550819 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature