Frequency and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with diabetes type 2 in Ahvaz, Iran

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Diabetes is recognized as a great concern and a public health problem worldwide. Several factors including environmental and genetic factors have been involved. Recently, infectious agents such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been reported to be associated with diabetes. Thus, this study was conducted to determine the frequency of HCV infection among patients with diabetes type 2 in Ahvaz city, Iran.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A case-control study design was conducted at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. A total of 600 study subjects were included in this research. All the patient sera were tested for Anti-HCV antibody, HBsAg, and HIV antibody. The sera of positive Anti-HCV antibody, were assayed for 5'- UTR and core regions of the HCV genome by Nested RT-PCR. Finally, the HCV genotyping was determined by sequencing.

RESULTS: The prevalence of HCV in type 2 diabetes and nondiabetic controls was 2% and 0.33%, respectively. The distribution of HCV genotypes among the HCV-positive patients were 3a (1.66%) and 1a (0.33%).

CONCLUSION: To control and improve the treatment, the screening of HCV infection with anti-HCV antibody was followed by molecular techniques such as PCR and HCV genotyping which should be implemented for all patients with diabetes type 2.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Iranian journal of microbiology - 13(2021), 5 vom: 03. Okt., Seite 703-711

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Makvandi, Manoochehr [VerfasserIn]
Azaran, Azarakhsh [VerfasserIn]
Jalilian, Shahram [VerfasserIn]
Nahad, Mehdi Parsa [VerfasserIn]
Azizolahi, Behnam [VerfasserIn]
Neisi, Niloofar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes mellitus type 2
Genotype
HCV
Journal Article
Prevalence

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Date Revised 29.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18502/ijm.v13i5.7437

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NLM334366402