GB virus C: Insights into co-infection
β Scribed by Mark D. Berzsenyi; D. Scott Bowden; Stuart K. Roberts
- Book ID
- 116630846
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6532
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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.