Of 74 patients who were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and received interferon, 12 (16%) were positive for RNA of GB virus C (GBV-C). RNA of GBV-C was determined in sera from the co-infected patients retrospectively, and the effect of interferon on GBV-C was compared with that on HCV in them.
Characteristics of patients with hepatitis C virus with and without GB virus C/Hepatitis G virus Co-infection and efficacy of interferon alfa
β Scribed by Masaru Enomoto; Shuhei Nishiguchi; Katsuhiko Fukuda; Tetsuo Kuroki; Motoharu Tanaka; Shuzo Otani; Masayuki Ogami; Takeyuki Monna
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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