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Epidemiology and transmission of hepatitis G virus infection in dialysis patients.
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Sept 2010
Fallahian Farahnaz, Alavian Seyed-Moayed, Rasoulinejad Mehrnaz
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis G virus (HGV) or GB-virus type C (GBV-C) is distributed globally and is present in the volunteer blood donor population. For epidemiological studies, HGV is of interest in hemodialysis patients who are at risk of parenterally transmitted infections. The role of HGV in producing illness and hepatic disease has yet to be determined. A review of literature was performed in 2009 to summarize scientific...
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