Mastouri M, Safer I L, Pozzetto B, Bourlet T, Khedher M
Faculté de pharmacie, Université de Monastir, Tunisie.
East Mediterr Health J. 2005 Sep-Nov;11(5-6):1053-60.
Prevalence of hepatitis G virus among Tunisian blood donors Hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) is a recently identified virus which occurs worldwide. The prevalence of GBV-C/HGV in Tunisia has not been previously studied. We aimed to assess the prevalence of GBV-C/HGV infection in Tunisian blood donors. A total of 912 blood donors were tested for anti-E2 antibodies of GBV-C/HGV by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and 600 were tested by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. GBV-C/HGV RNA was found in 5.3% of the sample and HGV antibodies occurred in 4.9%. A correlation was noticed between GBV-C/HGV infection and hepatitis C virus (P = 0.006). The prevalence of GBV-C/HGV is similar to that reported worldwide.
突尼斯献血者中庚型肝炎病毒的流行情况 庚型肝炎病毒(GBV-C/HGV)是一种最近发现的病毒,在全球范围内均有出现。此前尚未对突尼斯GBV-C/HGV的流行情况进行过研究。我们旨在评估突尼斯献血者中GBV-C/HGV感染的流行情况。通过酶联免疫吸附试验对912名献血者进行了GBV-C/HGV抗E2抗体检测,通过逆转录聚合酶链反应对600名献血者进行了检测。在5.3%的样本中发现了GBV-C/HGV RNA,4.9%的样本中出现了HGV抗体。观察到GBV-C/HGV感染与丙型肝炎病毒之间存在相关性(P = 0.006)。GBV-C/HGV的流行率与全球报告的相似。