Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil

Hepatitis G virus/ GB virus C is a novel flavivirus recently detected in hepatitis non A-E cases. In this study, the presence of this virus in chronic non-B, non-C hepatitis patients was evaluated using GBV-C specific PCR and this virus was detected in one out of thirteen patients. This patient has...

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Main Authors: J.R.R. Pinho, M.L. Capacci, L.C. da Silva, F.J. Carrilho, C.A. Santos, V Pugliese, B Guz, J.E. Levi, C.A.F. Ballarati, A.P. Bernardini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
HGV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000300016