Author | Portilho, Moyra Machado | |
Author | Nabuco, Leticia Cancella | |
Author | Nogueira, Cristiane Alves Villela | |
Author | Mello, Carlos Eduardo Brandão | |
Author | Pilotto, José Henrique | |
Author | Flores, Geane Lopes | |
Author | Lewis-Ximenez, Lia Laura | |
Author | Lampe, Elisabeth | |
Author | Villar, Livia Melo | |
Access date | 2018-05-03T15:33:40Z | |
Available date | 2018-05-03T15:33:40Z | |
Document date | 2018 | |
Citation | PORTILHO, Moyra Machado; et al, Detection of occult hepatitis B in serum and oral fluid samples. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v.113, n.1, p.62-65, Jan. 2018. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/26244 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | hepatite B oculta | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Fluido oral | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Virus de la Hepatitis B | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | DNA | pt_BR |
Title | Detection of occult hepatitis B in serum and oral fluid samples | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760170071 | |
Abstract | In occult hepatitis B infection (OBI), hepatitis B virus DNA (HBV DNA) can be detected in serum samples; however, oral fluid collection for detection of HBV DNA has not yet been explored, despite the availability of collection devices. Serum and oral fluid samples from 45 hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc)-positive patients were collected for the amplification of the HBV polymerase gene. HBV DNA was detected in five serum and four oral fluid samples (the detection limit for oral fluid was 1.656 log IU/mL in paired serum). In conclusion, simple methodologies of sample collection and in-house polymerase chain reaction (PCR) allowed detection of HBV DNA, and these could be used to improve the diagnosis of OBI, especially in locations with limited resources. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Gaffrée e Guinle. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu. Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de AIDS e Imunologia Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | occult hepatitis B | pt_BR |
Subject | HBV DNA | pt_BR |
Subject | oral fluid | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1678-8060 | |