Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach.
Viral hepatitis is a major public health challenge. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection causes the progressive liver damage. A surprisingly high number of individuals tested positive for HCV infection during the Unnao Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreak investigation in 2017-2018 (more than 90...
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| description | Viral hepatitis is a major public health challenge. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection causes the progressive liver damage. A surprisingly high number of individuals tested positive for HCV infection during the Unnao Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreak investigation in 2017-2018 (more than 90% of the people living with HIV were from the Premganj township and Chakmeerapur village of the district in the northern State of Uttar Pradesh). This particular outbreak was attributed to the unsafe use of syringe & needles while seeking treatment, rendering it as an iatrogenic transmission. Earlier investigation towards, phylogenetic characterization revealed the shared ancestry for HCV sequences from the reported outbreak. In this investigation using the HCV sequences reported earlier (n = 67) we have analyzed the transmission linkages and evolutionary dynamics of this HCV outbreak using phylogenetic methods. In current analysis, time-scaled phylogenies indicated that most clusters initiated during 2015-2016. Transmission dynamics highlighted that the outbreak was experiencing an exponential phase during 2016-2017, where reproductive number was observed to be beyond documented values for HCV. Phylogeography revealed that source of the virus was Chakmeerapur and the effective population of Premganj was double the size of that in Chakmeerapur. In summary, we provide the snapshot of epidemic dynamics for HCV outbreak attributed to iatrogenic transmission. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dc57575feeb745e5bc853f221389b3312025-08-20T02:13:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01201e031770510.1371/journal.pone.0317705Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach.Ajit PatilPallavi VidhateSandip PatilAmrita RaoSwarali KurleSamiran PandaViral hepatitis is a major public health challenge. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection causes the progressive liver damage. A surprisingly high number of individuals tested positive for HCV infection during the Unnao Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreak investigation in 2017-2018 (more than 90% of the people living with HIV were from the Premganj township and Chakmeerapur village of the district in the northern State of Uttar Pradesh). This particular outbreak was attributed to the unsafe use of syringe & needles while seeking treatment, rendering it as an iatrogenic transmission. Earlier investigation towards, phylogenetic characterization revealed the shared ancestry for HCV sequences from the reported outbreak. In this investigation using the HCV sequences reported earlier (n = 67) we have analyzed the transmission linkages and evolutionary dynamics of this HCV outbreak using phylogenetic methods. In current analysis, time-scaled phylogenies indicated that most clusters initiated during 2015-2016. Transmission dynamics highlighted that the outbreak was experiencing an exponential phase during 2016-2017, where reproductive number was observed to be beyond documented values for HCV. Phylogeography revealed that source of the virus was Chakmeerapur and the effective population of Premganj was double the size of that in Chakmeerapur. In summary, we provide the snapshot of epidemic dynamics for HCV outbreak attributed to iatrogenic transmission.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317705 |
| spellingShingle | Ajit Patil Pallavi Vidhate Sandip Patil Amrita Rao Swarali Kurle Samiran Panda Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach. PLoS ONE |
| title | Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach. |
| title_full | Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach. |
| title_fullStr | Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach. |
| title_short | Looking back into the Hepatitis C Virus epidemic dynamics from Unnao, India through phylogenetic approach. |
| title_sort | looking back into the hepatitis c virus epidemic dynamics from unnao india through phylogenetic approach |
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