Hepatitis B Virus Genotype D Predominates HBsAg-Positive Egyptian Blood Donors and Is Mainly Associated with a Negative HBeAg Serostatus | Zendy

Febee E. Habil | Zendy; Wafaa K.M. Mahdi | Zendy; Sayed F. Abdelwahab | Zendy; Mohamed Abdel-Hamid | Zendy

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Hepatitis B Virus Genotype D Predominates HBsAg-Positive Egyptian Blood Donors and Is Mainly Associated with a Negative HBeAg Serostatus

Author(s) -

Febee E. Habil,

Wafaa K.M. Mahdi,

Sayed F. Abdelwahab,

Mohamed Abdel-Hamid

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

intervirology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1423-0100

pISSN - 0300-5526

DOI - 10.1159/000353105

Subject(s) - hbsag , genotype , hepatitis b virus , genotyping , hbeag , virology , medicine , serostatus , seroprevalence , hepatitis b , cccdna , virus , immunology , antibody , biology , serology , viral load , gene , genetics

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global health burden. In this regard, Egypt has an intermediate HBV seroprevalence. HBV is classified into ten different genotypes (A-J) with different geographic distributions. Genotype D is the most prevalent in the Middle East. Limited data are available about HBV genotyping among Egyptian blood donors, particularly in Upper Egypt. We examined the seroprevalence of HBV among 12,000 blood donors attending the blood transfusion services center in Minia Governorate, Upper Egypt.

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