Open AccessMolecular characterization of hepatitis A virus from children hospitalized at a tertiary care centre in northwest India
Author(s) -
Bharti Malhotra,
Anu Kanwar,
P. Vineel Reddy,
Astha Chauhan,
Jitendra Kumar Tiwari,
Seema Bhargava,
H. N. Verma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1910_15
Subject(s) - genotype , medicine , virology , polymerase chain reaction , nested polymerase chain reaction , tertiary care , hepatitis , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis a , virus , biology , gene , biochemistry
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is a major cause of childhood hepatitis, prevalent worldwide. HAV is classified into seven genotypes I-VII; genotypes III and I are the most common among humans. The present work was carried out to identify the genotypes prevalent in children suspected to have acute viral hepatitis (AVH), hospitalized at a tertiary care centre in northwest India.