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Detection of HGV in serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of maintenance haemodialysis patients.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jun 1999
Basaras M, Arrese E, Cabrera F, Ezpeleta C, Cisterna R
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis G virus (HGV) and also hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in maintenance haemodialysis patients, and to identify extrahepatic sites as HGV reservoirs. HGV RNA was detected in the serum of 6/61 (10%) patients and in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 2/61 (3%) patients (one of whom was serum negative). These findings suggest that...
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