Virologic effects of interferon therapy in patients co-infected with TT virus and hepatitis C virus
โ Scribed by Goto, Takashi; Meng, Xiang Wei; Komatsu, Masafumi; Ohshima, Shigetoshi; Nakane, Kunio; Yoneyama, Kazuo; Shibuya, Tomomi; Rin, Kinki; Watanabe, Sumio
- Book ID
- 122918391
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 118
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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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.
## Abstract The association of the newly identified viruses, GB virus C (GBVโC) and TT virus (TTV), with autoimmune hepatitis remains to be elucidated. Sera from 20 Japanese patients with autoimmune hepatitis and 50 volunteer blood donors were assayed for GBVโC RNA, antibodies to the GBVโC second e