A case of hepatitis B virus infection in Eritrean Diciotti migrant: phylogenetic analysis and ‘mirror effect’-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A case of hepatitis B virus infection in Eritrean Diciotti migrant: phylogenetic analysis and ‘mirror effect’

Published:2019-08 Issue:8 Volume:14 Page:509-514
ISSN:1746-0794
Container-title:Future Virology
language:en
Short-container-title:Future Virology

Author:

Ceccarelli Giancarlo¹²³,Cella Eleonora⁴,Vita Serena¹⁵,Lai Alessia⁶,Ebranati Erika⁶,Zehender Gianguglielmo⁶,Fogolari Marta⁷,Antonelli Francesca⁸,Luca Guarino Michele Pier⁸,Riva Elisabetta⁹,Angeletti Silvia⁷^ORCID,Ciccozzi Massimo⁴

Affiliation:

1. Migrant Health Research Organisation (Mi-HeRO) – Centro di Ricerca Sulla Salute delle Popolazioni Mobili e Globale, Italy

2. Department of Public Health & Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy

3. Sanitary Bureau of Extraordinary Reception Center for ‘Mondo Migliore’ of Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy; San Filippo Neri Coop. Soc. Onlus, Italy

4. Unit of Medical Statistics & Molecular Epidemiology, University Campus Bio-medico of Rome, Italy

5. Infectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale S Maria Goretti, Latina, Italy

6. Department of Biomedical & Clinical ‘L Sacco’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

7. Unit of Clinical Laboratory Science, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy

8. Unit of Gastroenterology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy

9. Unit of Virology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy

Abstract

A case of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in an Eritrean migrant was described to provide an epidemiological approach based on phylogenetic analysis useful in developing countries with lacking information. Migrant, positive for HBsAg and HBeAg, carried HBV at high copy number. A sequence of HBV HBsAg region was used for phylogenetic relationships and genetic variability investigation. In the phylogenetic tree, the sequence corresponded to D2 HBV genotype and the cluster root dated 7 years ago. These data compared with the date of landing in Italy, suggest that he was infected at least 7 years before his arrival. This approach by ‘mirror effect’ allows the reconstruction of HBV epidemiology in the country of origin, analyzing the migrant population in the host country.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Virology

Link

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/fvl-2019-0034

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