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Lack of evidence for hepatitis G virus replication in the livers of patients coinfected with hepatitis C and G viruses
1 Oct 1997
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenic implications of hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection are still unclear. We searched for the presence of HGV RNA and HCV RNA sequences in liver and serum samples from 10 patients with chronic liver disease, 9 of whom were coinfected with HCV. All livers were negative for the presence of the HGV RNA minus strand and only six were positive for the presence of the positive strand, albeit at low levels. In...
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