Hepatitis C virus genotype distribution in Turkey remains unchanged after a decade: Performance of phylogenetic analysis of the NS5B, E1, and 5 ' UTR regions in genotyping efficiency

Alagoz G. K., Karatayli S. C., Karatayli E., Celik E., Keskin O., Dinc B., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.25, no.4, pp.405-410, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tjg.2014.7083
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.405-410
  • Keywords: Genotyping, hepatitis C virus, phylogenetic analysis, POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION, INTERFERON-ALPHA THERAPY, MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AMERICAN, RNA
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/Aims: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping has a considerable effect on therapy. The aim was to determine the change in prevalence of HCV genotypes in Turkey during the last decade and to compare the performance of DNA sequencing of different targets in the HCV genome (NS5B, E1, and 5'UTR).