Hepatitis B and C virus infections in the three Pygmy groups in Cameroon.

Yacouba Foupouapouognigni; Serge Alain Sadeuh Mba; Edouard Betsem Betsem; Dominique Rousset; Alain Froment; Antoine Gessain; Richard Njouom

doi:10.1128/JCM.01475-10

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Hepatitis B and C virus infections in the three Pygmy groups in Cameroon.

Yacouba Foupouapouognigni ¹ Serge Alain Sadeuh Mba ¹ Edouard Betsem Betsem ^{2, 3} Dominique Rousset ¹ Alain Froment ⁴ Antoine Gessain ² Richard Njouom ¹

1 Centre Pasteur du Cameroun

2 Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes

3 Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Biomédicales

4 PALOC - Patrimoines Locaux et Gouvernance

Abstract : A high level (11.8%) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was found among 524 Pygmies in Cameroon, whereas the extent of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the same population was low (0.6%). Phylogenetic analyses showed co-circulation of two HBV genotypes, A3 and E. Taken together our results suggest different epidemiological scenarios concerning HBV and HCV infections, respectively, in this population.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Microbiology and Parasitology / Virology

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