A consideration of potential donors with active infection – is this a way to expand the donor pool?

Humoral immune response to the E2 protei

Humoral immune response to the E2 protein of hepatitis G virus is associated with long-term recovery from infection and reveals a high frequency of hepatitis G virus exposure among healthy blood donors

✍ M Tacke; S Schmolke; V Schlueter; S Sauleda; J I Esteban; E Tanaka; K Kiyosawa; 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 300 KB 👁 1 views

The second envelope protein (E2) of the hepatitis G virus patients, remain to be elucidated. (HEPATOLOGY 1997;26: 1626-1633.) (HGV) was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and showed a molecular weight of approximately 60 to 70 kd, with 15 to 25 kd of the size contributed by N-linked Rec