Hepatitis A Virus Genetics

Recent findings in hepatitis A virus genetics described by researchers from National Institute of Virology

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, October 20th, 2008

Data detailed in 'Evaluation of genomic regions of hepatitis A virus for phylogenetic analysis: Suitability of the 2C region for genotyping' have been presented. "The use of different genomic fragments of hepatitis A virus (HAV) has been described for classification of strains available globally. However, the limitations of these fragments have been reported in several studies," researchers in Pune, India report.

"The present study was conducted to evaluate the genomic fragments of HAV, spanning from the 5'NCR to 3'NCR to employ them in molecular diagnosis and genotyping. The different phylogenetic methods confirmed the use of the 5'NCR and the VP4 region in diagnosis...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-10-20)

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