Analysis of hepatitis C virus quasispecies transmission and evolution in patients infected through blood transfusion

Gastroenterology
Tomasz LaskusJorge Rakela

Abstract

Studies on hepatitis C virus (HCV) quasispecies dynamics in the natural course of infection are rare owing to difficulties in obtaining samples from the early phase of infection. We studied 15 patients from the Transfusion-Transmitted Viruses Study who seroconverted to anti-HCV after receiving infected blood. Follow-up serum samples were collected every 2-3 weeks for 6 months, at 10 months, and at 11-16 years. Viral quasispecies in the second envelope hypervariable region 1 (E2/HVR1) and 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) were analyzed with single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA). Seven patients cleared infection within 7-24 weeks (mean, 14.0 wk) and 3 patients eventually became anti-HCV negative. In 6 patients with resolving hepatitis the SSCP band pattern remained stable, whereas in one patient minor changes appeared before clearance. In contrast, in all 8 patients progressing to chronicity, major changes in the E2/HVR1 quasispecies developed at 8-22 weeks (mean, 13.1 wk). Shannon entropy and medium mobility shift values derived from HMA gels remained stable in patients with resolving hepatitis but changed in those who developed chronic infection. Only 2 patients showed minor changes i...Continue Reading

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