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Hepatitis G virus infection in haemodialysis patients and its relationship with hepatitis C virus RNA positivity.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1998
Hizel N, Tunçbilek S, Boyacioğlu S, Ozdemir N, Haberal M
Abstract excerpt
A novel RNA virus designated hepatitis G virus (HGV) was identified recently in patients with acute and chronic liver disease. Since HGV may be transmitted parenterally, chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients are at increased risk for acquiring this infection. 110 chronic HD patients were studied (56 HCV-RNA and anti-HCV-positive, and 54 HCV-RNA and anti-HCV-negative). HGV-RNA and HCV-RNA were studied by RT-PCR. HCV...
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