Article
Infection with GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among blood donors and hemophiliacs in Martinique, a Caribbean island.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 1999
Césaire R, Martial J, Maier H, Kerob-Bauchet B, Bera O, Duchaud E, Brebion A, Pierre-Louis S
Abstract excerpt
GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) RNA was detected by reverse transcription-polymer- ase chain reaction with primers derived from the nonstructural region 3 (NS3) in 9 (4.1%) of 221 blood donors and 2 of 20 (10%) hemophilia patients in Martinique, French West Indies. Anti-E2 antibodies were found in sera from 33 (14.9%) of the blood donors and 5 (25%) of the hemophiliacs. None of the subjects was positive...
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