| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Case Report |
| Article Title |
Acute hepatitis B of genotype H resulting in persistent infection
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Norie Yamada, Ryuta Shigefuku, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Minoru Kobayashi, Hiroki Ikeda, Hideaki Takahashi, Chiaki Okuse, Michihiro Suzuki, Fumio Itoh, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Kiyomi Yasuda, Kyoji Moriya, Kazuhiko Koike, Takaji Wakita and Takanobu Kato |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
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| Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan |
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| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan |
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| Corresponding Author |
Takanobu Kato, MD, PhD, Department of Virology Ⅱ, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjyuku-Ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. takato@nih.go.jp |
| Key Words |
Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Genotyping; Hepatitis B virus; Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| Core Tip |
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype H infection is rare in Asia, particularly in Japan. Here, we report a case of acute hepatitis B caused by a genotype H strain with persistent infection, although most adult cases of acute hepatitis B are self-limiting in Japan. This case suggests that the HBV genotype H infection can be a risk factor for persistent infection. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the characteristics of genotype H infection in an accumulation of cases. Thus, the complete determination of the HBV genotype may be essential in the routine clinical care of acute hepatitis B patients. |
| Publish Date |
2014-03-18 14:14 |
| Citation |
Yamada N, Shigefuku R, Sugiyama R, Kobayashi M, Ikeda H, Takahashi H, Okuse C, Suzuki M, Itoh F, Yotsuyanagi H, Yasuda K, Moriya K, Koike K, Wakita T, Kato T. Acute hepatitis B of genotype H resulting in persistent infection. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(11): 3044-3049 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i11/3044.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i11.3044 |
