Article
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 an...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Female
- Flaviviridae
- Genotype
- Hemophilia A
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Humans
- Japan
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Prevalence