Article
African origin of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus.
FEBS letters - 20 Feb 1998
Tanaka Y, Mizokami M, Orito E, Ohba K, Kato T, Kondo Y, Mboudjeka I, Zekeng L, Kaptue L, Bikandou B, M'Pele P, Takehisa J, Hayami M, Suzuki Y, Gojobori T
Abstract excerpt
Ninety-four GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/ HGV) RNA-positive serum samples were obtained from all over the world. We found that all 15 GBV-C/HGV isolates from the Pygmies and the Bantu in the Central African region had a 12-amino acid indel (i.e. insertion or deletion) in the non-structural...
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