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Prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among blood donors in north-eastern Brazil.

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Goubau, Patrick [UCL] Andrade, F B Liu, H F Basilio, F P Croonen, L Barreto-Gomes, V A

We tested 70 blood donors from Fortaleza (Ceara state, Brazil) for GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV/HGV) infection by polymerase chain reaction and detection of antienvelope antibodies. Twenty-seven (38.6%) showed signs of an active or resolved infection. Sixty-four percent of those with indications of other blood-borne viral infections showed signs of GBV-C/HGV infection also.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication date 1999
Journal information "Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH" - Vol. 4, no. 5, p. 365-7 (1999)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 1360-2276
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - MD/MIGE - Département de microbiologie, d'immunologie et de génétique
MESH Subject Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data ; Brazil - epidemiology ; Flaviviridae - genetics - immunology - isolation & purification ; Hepatitis Antibodies - blood ; Hepatitis, Viral, Human - epidemiology - immunology ; Humans ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; RNA, Viral - blood
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Bibliographic reference Goubau, Patrick ; Andrade, F B ; Liu, H F ; Basilio, F P ; Croonen, L ; et. al. Prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among blood donors in north-eastern Brazil.. In: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, Vol. 4, no. 5, p. 365-7 (1999)
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