Hepatitis C: sexual or intrafamilial transmission? Epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis C virus in 24 infected couples Hepatite C: transmissão sexual ou intrafamiliar? Análise epidemiológica e filogenética do vírus da hepatite C em 24 casais infectados

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Norma de Paula Cavalheiro, Abel De La Rosa, Slava Elagin, Fátima Mitiko Tengan, Evaldo Stanislau Affonso de Araújo, Antonio Alci Barone
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009
• Subjects: Intrafamiliar; Vírus da hepatite C; Transmissão sexual; Heterosexual; Filogenia; Intrafamilial; Hepatitis C virus; Sexual transmission; Phylogeny; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Casais
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822009000300001; https://doaj.org/article/1f0ed0e0983f4093a28e2351cba83e3d

The role of sexual or intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C is controversial. A phylogenetic analysis was performed on the non-structural region 5B of the hepatitis C virus (NS5B-HCV). High percentages of homology (mean of 98.3%) were shown between the couples. Twenty (83.3%) of the 24 men but o...