THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE HEPATITIS C SEROTYPE DETECTION IN HO CHI MINH CITY

 

Vu Thuy Yen

Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

Primary study on HCV genotypes prevalence was carried out on the serum from HCV positive blood donnor and HCV suspected patients group. Serotypes was tested on 83 samples from two goups above. We fond that: the type 1 and 6 are most prevalente types in this population (Type 1: 28% - 11.4%; Type 6: 15.4% - 20.5% in HCV suspected patients and HCV positive blood donnor groups respectively). For genotyping, 25 samples were carried out by Inno - Lipa HCV II. We found that: 1 and 6 are most prevalente type (Type 1: 56%; Type 6: 36%). Compere to the sequencing method, the result was: Type 6: 56%; Type 1: 36%).