Concomitant high prevalence of Hepatitis C virus antibodies and Hepatitis B virus markers in a small village fo the Amazon Region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Souto, Francisco José Dutra; Fontes, Cor Jésus Fernandes; Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra; Paraná, Raymundo; Lyra, Luiz Guilherme Costa

doi:10.1590/S0036-46651996000300010

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Epidemiology; Amazon region

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Concomitant high prevalence of Hepatitis C virus antibodies and Hepatitis B virus markers in a small village fo the Amazon Region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Francisco José Dutra Souto^I; Cor Jésus Fernandes Fontes^I,II; Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar^III; Raymundo Paraná^IV; Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra^IV

^IFaculdade de Ciências Médicas Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, MT, Brasil

^IIFundação Nacional de Saúde - Mato Grosso, MT, Brasil

^IIILaboratório de Hepatites Virais - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, RJ, Brasil

^IVFaculdade de Medicina Universidade Federal da Bahia, BA, Brasil

^{Correspondence to} Correspondence to: Prof. Francisco José Dutra Souto Rua W2, Quadra 3, nº 2 - Residencial Bela Marina 78070-720 Cuiabá, MT, Brasil Fax: 065-3211203

Keywords: Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Epidemiology; Amazon region.

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1. ALTER, M.J.; MARGOLIS, H.S.; KRAWCZYNSKI, K. et al. - The natural history of community-acquired hepatitis C in the USA. New Engl. J. Med., 327: 1899-1905, 1992.
2. BENSABATH, G.; HADLER, S.C.; SOARES, M.C.P. et al. - Hepatitis Delta virus infection and Labrea hepatitis in the Amazon basin. J. Amer. med. Ass., 258: 479-483, 1987.
3. BOTELHO, R.; CASTILHO, M.C.; BORBOREMA, C.A.T.; BRAGA, W.S.M. & BRASIL, L.M. - Prevalęncia da infecçăo pelo vírus da hepatite C em crianças: um estudo em áreas endęmicas de infecçăo pelo vírus da hepatite B. Gastroent. Endosc. digest., 14: 141, 1995.
4. FROMMEL, D.; TEKLE-HAIMANOT, R.; BERHE, N. et al. - A survey of antibodies to hepatitis C in Ethiopia. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 49: 435-439, 1993.
5. GOESER, T.; MÜLLER, H.M.; SOLBACH, C. et al. - Prevalence and serological manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with hepatits non-A, non-B: a follow-up study. Presse méd., 23: 793-796, 1994.
6. GONÇALVES, M.L.C.; NOGUEIRA, C.M.; ARTEMENKO, S.R.T. & CONCEIÇĂO, M.J. - Hepatitis C virus marker among a Brazilian tribe of Yanomami Indians. In: CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, 29, Fortaleza, 1993. RESUMOS. p. 311.
7. STRAUSS, E. - Hepatite C. In: FIGUEIREDO-MENDES, T. & PITELLA, A.M. - Recentes avanços em hepatites. Săo Paulo, Fundo Editorial BYK, 1993. p. 79-88.
8. SULAIMAN, H.A.; JULITASARI, I.; SIE, A. et al. - Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses in healthy Indonesian blood donors. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 89: 167-170, 1995.
9. TSEGA, E.; NORDENFELT, E. & HANSSON, B.G. - Hepatitis C virus infection and chronic liver disease in Ethiopia where hepatitis B infection is hyperendemic. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 89: 171-174, 1995.
10. VANDERBORGHT, B.O.M.; REIS, A.M.M.; ROUZERE, C.D. et al. - Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus in the blood donor population of Rio de Janeiro. Vox Sang. (Basel), 65: 122-125, 1993.
11. YUN, Z.B.; LINDH, C; WEILAND, O. et al. - Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA by PCR related to HCV antibodies in serum and liver histology in Swedish blood donors. J. med. Virol., 39: 57-61, 1993.

Correspondence to:

Prof. Francisco José Dutra Souto

Rua W2, Quadra 3, nº 2 - Residencial Bela Marina

78070-720 Cuiabá, MT, Brasil

Fax: 065-3211203

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Date of issue
June 1996

History

Accepted
25 Apr 1995
Received
06 Dec 1995

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[1] 1. ALTER, M.J.; MARGOLIS, H.S.; KRAWCZYNSKI, K. et al. - The natural history of community-acquired hepatitis C in the USA. New Engl. J. Med., 327: 1899-1905, 1992.

[2] 2. BENSABATH, G.; HADLER, S.C.; SOARES, M.C.P. et al. - Hepatitis Delta virus infection and Labrea hepatitis in the Amazon basin. J. Amer. med. Ass., 258: 479-483, 1987.

[3] 3. BOTELHO, R.; CASTILHO, M.C.; BORBOREMA, C.A.T.; BRAGA, W.S.M. & BRASIL, L.M. - Prevalęncia da infecçăo pelo vírus da hepatite C em crianças: um estudo em áreas endęmicas de infecçăo pelo vírus da hepatite B. Gastroent. Endosc. digest., 14: 141, 1995.

[4] 4. FROMMEL, D.; TEKLE-HAIMANOT, R.; BERHE, N. et al. - A survey of antibodies to hepatitis C in Ethiopia. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 49: 435-439, 1993.

[5] 5. GOESER, T.; MÜLLER, H.M.; SOLBACH, C. et al. - Prevalence and serological manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with hepatits non-A, non-B: a follow-up study. Presse méd., 23: 793-796, 1994.

[6] 6. GONÇALVES, M.L.C.; NOGUEIRA, C.M.; ARTEMENKO, S.R.T. & CONCEIÇĂO, M.J. - Hepatitis C virus marker among a Brazilian tribe of Yanomami Indians. In: CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, 29, Fortaleza, 1993. RESUMOS. p. 311.

[7] 7. STRAUSS, E. - Hepatite C. In: FIGUEIREDO-MENDES, T. & PITELLA, A.M. - Recentes avanços em hepatites. Săo Paulo, Fundo Editorial BYK, 1993. p. 79-88.

[8] 8. SULAIMAN, H.A.; JULITASARI, I.; SIE, A. et al. - Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses in healthy Indonesian blood donors. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 89: 167-170, 1995.

[9] 9. TSEGA, E.; NORDENFELT, E. & HANSSON, B.G. - Hepatitis C virus infection and chronic liver disease in Ethiopia where hepatitis B infection is hyperendemic. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 89: 171-174, 1995.

[10] 10. VANDERBORGHT, B.O.M.; REIS, A.M.M.; ROUZERE, C.D. et al. - Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus in the blood donor population of Rio de Janeiro. Vox Sang. (Basel), 65: 122-125, 1993.

[11] 11. YUN, Z.B.; LINDH, C; WEILAND, O. et al. - Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA by PCR related to HCV antibodies in serum and liver histology in Swedish blood donors. J. med. Virol., 39: 57-61, 1993.