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.
GB virus C (GBV-C) infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Influence on liver disease and on hepatitis virus behaviour: Effect of interferon alfa therapy
✍ Scribed by Pawlotsky, Jean-Michel; Roudot-Thoraval, Françoise; Muerhoff, A. Scott; Pellerin, Muriel; Germanidis, Georgios; Desai, Suresh M.; Bastie, Anne; Darthuy, Françoise; Rémiré, Jocelyne; Zafrani, Elie-Serge; Soussy, Claude-James; Mushahwar, Isa K.; Dhumeaux, Daniel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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