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GB virus C/hepatitis G virus isolates in Japanese haemophiliacs and their origins.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Aug 1998
Toyoda H, Fukuda Y, Hayakawa T, Takamatsu J, Saito H, Okamoto H
Abstract excerpt
Japanese haemophiliacs have been at high risk for infection with parenterally-transmissible viruses through the use of blood products, especially imported ones. Recently, novel transfusion-transmissible virus, GB virus C (GBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) were isolated. We investigated the origin and route of transmission of GBV-C/HGV isolates in haemophiliacs in Japan. GBV-C/HGV RNA was measured by nested reverse...
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