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PubMed ID:
21143345
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2011
Affiliation: Digestive and Liver Diseases Division, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8887, USA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01410.x
Authors:
Restrepo R,
Forbi JC,
Vaughan G,
Xia G,
Ajmera V,
Opio CK,
Smith A,
Barakat F,
Hassanein T,
Campbell M,
Reddy R,
Taylor W,
Satyanarayana R,
Prosser C,
Rossaro L,
Salvatori J,
Stravitz T,
Misra C,
Munoz S,
Huntley N,
Reuben A,
Rush R,
Harrison M,
Senkbeil L,
Schilsky M,
Casson D,
Brown R Jr,
Chung R,
Avant L,
McGuire B,
Welch S,
Fontana RJ,
Peacock V,
Han S,
Ingram K,
Schwartz J,
Zaman A,
Gottstein J,
Blei AT,
Morton D,
Shakil AO,
Coultrup S,
Murray N,
Groettum C,
Hay JE,
Bernard T,
McCashland TM,
Emre S,
Davern TJ,
Gerstle L,
Crippin JS,
Do H,
Larson AM,
Reisch JS,
Hynan LS,
Lalani E,
Pezzia C,
Polson J,
Lee WM,
Acute Liver Failure Study Group,
Lee WM,
Fontana RJ,
Munoz S,
Ganova-Raeva LM,
Taylor R,
Khudyakov Y
Studies:
Acute Liver Failure Study Group: Adult Acute Liver Failure Study
The reason(s) that hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection may progress infrequently to acute liver failure are poorly understood. We examined host and viral factors in 29 consecutive adult patients with HAV-associated acute liver failure enrolled at 10 sites participating in the US ALF Study Group. Eighteen of twenty-four acute liver failure sera were PCR positive while six had no detectable virus. HAV genotype was determined using phylogenetic analysis and the full-length genome sequences of the HAV from a cute liver failure sera were compared to those from self-limited acute HAV cases selected from the CDC database. We found that rates of nucleotide substitution did not vary significantly between the liver failure and non-liver failure cases and there was no significant variation in amino acid sequences between the two groups. Four of 18 HAV isolates were sub-genotype IB, acquired from the same study site over a 3.5-year period. Sub-genotype IB was found more frequently among acute liver failure cases compared to the non-liver failure cases (chi-square test, P < 0.01). At another centre, a mother and her son presented with HAV and liver failure within 1 month of each other. Predictors of spontaneous survival included detectable serum HAV RNA, while age, gender, HAV genotype and nucleotide substitutions were not associated with outcome. The more frequent appearance of rapid viral clearance and its association with poor outcomes in acute liver failure as well as the finding of familial cases imply a possible host genetic predisposition that contributes to a fulminant course. Recurrent cases of the rare sub-genotype IB over several years at a single centre imply a community reservoir of infection and possible increased pathogenicity of certain infrequent viral genotypes.
