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Volume 30, Issue 2

Original Article

Hepatitis C Virus Genotype Distribution in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C in Gaziantep Province

Rezan Harman
Affiliations
  • Özel Sanko Hastanesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Gaziantep, Türkiye
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Özgür Günal
Affiliations
  • Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Samsun Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Samsun, Türkiye
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Selçuk Özger
Affiliations
  • Dr. Ersin Arslan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Gaziantep, Türkiye
  • Chronic hepatitis C
  • genotype
  • hepacivirus

Abstract

Objective: This study was performed to determine the distribution of age, gender and hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype in patients followed because of their chronic HCV infection in Gaziantep province and to contribute to the national chronic hepatitis C surveillance efforts.

Methods: Anti-HCV-positive patients who applied to our hospital between 2012 and 2016 were included in this study. Their age, gender, HCV RNA positivity and HCV genotype data were recorded retrospectively.

Results: A total of 160 patients born and living in Gaziantep province with an average age of 56 years were included in the study. 75% of the patients were in >50 years age group and 25% were in 18-50 years age group. 65% of the patients are female. 157 (98%) patients were found to be infected with HCV genotype 1b. Only one patient was infected with HCV genotype 2 and two patients were infected with HCV genotype 3 were identified.

Conclusions: Our findings were compatible with literature data about chronic hepatitis C epidemiology and HCV genotype distribution in Turkey. Only 2 patients were identified as HCV genotype 3 infection in contrary to previous epidemiological data obtained in Kahramanmaraş, a province similar Gaziantep geographically and socioculturally. It was concluded that the evaluations involving Gaziantep province should be expanded to include in multiple centers and multiple patient groups.

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  • 10.5152/kd.2017.17
  • July 23, 2019
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