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. 2016 Apr;88(4):622-30.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.24380. Epub 2015 Sep 28.

Molecular analysis of hepatitis A virus strains obtained from patients with acute hepatitis A in Mongolia, 2004-2013

Bira Tsatsralt-Od  1   2 , Nachin Baasanjav  1 , Dulmaa Nyamkhuu  2 , Hiroshi Ohnishi  3 , Masaharu Takahashi  3 , Tominari Kobayashi  3 , Shigeo Nagashima  3 , Tsutomu Nishizawa  3 , Hiroaki Okamoto  3
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Molecular analysis of hepatitis A virus strains obtained from patients with acute hepatitis A in Mongolia, 2004-2013

Bira Tsatsralt-Od et al. J Med Virol. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

Despite the high endemicity of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in Mongolia, the genetic information on those HAV strains is limited. Serum samples obtained from 935 patients with acute hepatitis in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia during 2004-2013 were tested for the presence of HAV RNA using reverse transcription-PCR with primers targeting the VP1-2B region (481 nucleotides, primer sequences at both ends excluded). Overall, 180 patients (19.3%) had detectable HAV RNA. These 180 isolates shared 94.6-100% identity and formed four phylogenetic clusters within subgenotype IA. One or three representative HAV isolates from each cluster exhibited 2.6-3.9% difference between clusters over the entire genome. Cluster 1 accounted for 65.0% of the total, followed by Cluster 2 (30.6%), Cluster 3 (3.3%), and Cluster 4 (1.1%). Clusters 1 and 2 were predominant throughout the observation period, whereas Cluster 3 was undetectable in 2009 and 2013 and Cluster 4 became undetectable after 2009. The Mongolian HAV isolates were closest to those of Chinese or Japanese origin (97.7-98.5% identities over the entire genome), suggesting the evolution from a common ancestor with those circulating in China and Japan. Further molecular epidemiological analyses of HAV infection are necessary to investigate the factors underlying the spread of HAV and to implement appropriate prevention measures in Mongolia.

Keywords: Mongolia; full-length genome; genotype; hepatitis A virus; phylogenetic tree.

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