GB virus-C and the hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/ HGV) are variants of the same positive sense RNA flavivirus, initially thought to be associated with hepatitis. The tissue tropism of GBV-C/HGV in normal subjects has not been evaluated to date using an extended tissue spectrum. Therefore, the sites of GB
Is GBV-C (Hepatitis G virus) an innocent bystander?
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- Book ID
- 108949672
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 371 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) is related distantly to hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV has a hypervariable region (HVR), and exists as quasispecies in vivo. Although GBV-C/HGV also has replaceable amino acids in the presumed antigenic region, the existence and fluctuation of population of het