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Response to interferon of GB virus C and hepatitis C virus in patients with chronic hepatitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 1997
Inoue T, Sakamoto M, Akahane Y, Okamoto H, Miyakawa Y, Mayumi M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the response to interferon and capacity to induce liver disease of a putative non-A to E hepatitis virus designated GB virus C (GBV-C). METHODS: RNA of GBV-C was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction with nested primers deduced from the 5'-noncoding region. It was titrated, along with RNA of hepatitis C virus (HCV), in 16 co-infected patients (11%) out of 140 patients...
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