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| Author(s): |
Lilian Walsh Keller
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2010-08-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Edison Luiz Durigon;
Eitan Naaman Berezin;
Silvana Beres Castrignano;
Dolores Ursula Mehnert;
João Renato Rebello Pinho
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| Advisor: | Edison Luiz Durigon |
| Abstract | |
Human Parvovirus B19 is a non-enveloped, ssDNA virus. The genome is highly conserved, showing 98 to 99% of nucleotide similarity between the isolates. During the last decade, parvovirus B19 variants, genus Erythrovirus, were described showing 11 to 14 %. A new classification was suggested, dividing the genus in three different genotypes (1, 2, 3a and 3b). To evaluate the epidemiology and the erythrovirus genetic diversity, 892 brazilians and chileans samples, were investigated for the virus DNA presence. The positive samples were sequenced and genotyped (VP1/VP2). The results showed the prevalence of genotype 1 (69 samples), followed by genotype 3 (1 sample), in the brazilians samples, and in the Chilean samples only genotype 1 was observed (24 samples). The variant detected, BR543, showed 13% of divergence when compared to B19, classified as genotype 3, subtype 3b. (AU) | |