Shafique Muhammad, Ahmad Nasir, Awan Fazli R, Mustafa Tanveer, Ullah Mujib, Qureshi Javed A
Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, P.O. Box 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Arch Virol. 2009;154(9):1523-7. doi: 10.1007/s00705-009-0477-7. Epub 2009 Aug 8.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is normally present in the blood of infected patients; however, it can also be present in some other body fluids. Therefore, in this study, a concurrent presence of HCV-RNA was investigated in oral fluid and urine of 80 Pakistani chronic HCV patients. HCV-RNA was detected in 31 (38.8%) oral fluid and 10 (12.5%) urine samples using RT-PCR in all 80 of the patients whose sera tested positive for HCV-RNA. From this study, it is concluded that, in addition to the blood, HCV RNA can also be found in oral secretions as well as urine of chronic HCV patients.
丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)通常存在于受感染患者的血液中;然而,它也可能存在于其他一些体液中。因此,在本研究中,对80名巴基斯坦慢性丙型肝炎患者的口腔液和尿液中HCV-RNA的同时存在情况进行了调查。在所有80名血清HCV-RNA检测呈阳性的患者中,使用逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)在31份(38.8%)口腔液和10份(12.5%)尿液样本中检测到了HCV-RNA。从这项研究可以得出结论,除血液外,慢性丙型肝炎患者的口腔分泌物和尿液中也能发现HCV RNA。