Changes in the epidemiology of hepatitis C infection in Germany: Shift in the predominance of hepatitis C subtypes

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-125

  Ross, R S ^a   Viazov, S ^a,b   Renzing Kohler K ^a   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Epidemiology; Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0033987871     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(200002)60:2<122::aid-jmv3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Armitage P, Berry G. 1994. Statistical methods in medical research. 3rd ed. London: Blackwell Scientific.
2. Bell H, Helium K, Harthug S, Maeland A, Ritland S, Myrvang B, von der Lippe B, Raknerud N, Skaug K, Prescott L, Simmonds P. 1996. Prevalence of hepatitis C genotypes among patients with chronic hepatitis C in Norway. Scand J Infect Dis 28:357-359.
3. Berg T, Hopf U, Stark K, Baumgarten R, Lobeck H, Schreier E. 1997. Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in German patients with chronic hepatitis C: correlation with clinical and virological parameters. J Hepatol 26:484-491.
4. Ciba-Geigy. 1980. Wissenschaftliche Tabellen Geigy. Teilband Statistik. 8th ed. Basel, Switzerland: Ciba-Geigy.
5. Cox DR, Snell SJ. 1989. Analysis of binary data. Monographs on statistics and applied probability, 32. 2nd ed. London: Chapman and Hall.
6. Felsenstein J. 1993. PHYLIP (Phylogenetic Inference Package), version 3.5 [distributed by the author]. Seattle: Department of Genetics, University of Washington.
7. Feucht H-H, Schröter M, Zöllner B, Polywka S, Nolte H, Laufs R. 1997. The influence of age on the prevalence of hepatitis C subtypes 1a and 1b. J Infect Dis 175:685-688.
8. Nousbaum J-B, Pol S, Nalpas B, Landais P, Berthelot P, Bréchot C. 1995. Hepatitis C virus type 1b (II) infection in France and Italy. Ann Intern Med 122:161-168.
9. Pawlotsky JM, Tsakiris L, Roudot-Thoraval F, Pellet C, Stuyver L, Duval J, Dhumeaux D. 1995. Relationship between hepatitis C genotypes and sources of infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C. J Infect Dis 171:1607-1610.
10. Pol S, Thiers V, Nousbaum J-P, Legendre C, Berthelot P, Kreis J, Bréchot C. 1995. The changing relative prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes: evidence in hemodialyzed patients and kidney recipients. Gastroenterology 108:581-583.
11. Roggendorf M, Lu M, Meisel H, Riffelmann M, Schreier E, Viazov S. 1996. Rational use of diagnostic tools in hepatitis C. J Hepatol 24(Suppl 2):26-34.
12. Shev S, Widell A, Foberg U, Frydén A, Hermodsson S, Lindh G, Lindholm A, Mansson O, Weiland O, Norkrans G. 1995. HCV genotypes in Swedish blood donors as correlated to epidemiology, liver disease and hepatitis C virus antibody profile. Infection 23:253-257.
13. Silini E, Mondelli MU. 1995. Significance of hepatitis C genotypes. Viral Hepat Rev 1:111-120.
14. Simmonds P, Mellor J, Sakuldamrongpanich T, Nuchaprayoon C, Tanprasert S, Holmes EC, Smith DB. 1996. Evolutionary analysis of variants of hepatitis C virus found in South East Asia: comparison with classifications based upon sequence similarities. J Gen Virol 77:3013-3024.
15. Stark K, Schreier E, Müller R, Wirth D, Driesel G, Bienzle U. 1995. Prevalence and determinants of anti-HCV seropositivity and of HCV genotype among intravenous drug users in Berlin. Scand J Infect Dis 27:331-337.
16. Viazov S, Kuzin S, Paladi N, Tchernovetsky M, Isaeva E, Mazhul L, Vasychova F, Widell A, Roggendorf M. 1997. Hepatitis C virus genotypes in different regions of the former Soviet Union (Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and Uzbekistan). J Med Virol 53:36-40.
17. Viazov S, Zibert A, Ramakrishnan K, Widell A, Cavicchini A, Schreier E, Roggendorf M. 1994. Typing of hepatitis C virus isolates by DNA enzyme immunoassay. J Virol Methods 48:81-92.
18. Zein NN, Rakela J, Krawitt EL, Reddy KR, Tominaga T, Persing DH. 1996. Hepatitis C genotypes in the United States: epidemiology, pathogenicity, and response to interferon treatment. Ann Intern Med 125:634-639.