Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil
Hepatitis G virus/ GB virus C is a novel flavivirus recently detected in hepatitis non A-E cases. In this study, the presence of this virus in chronic non-B, non-C hepatitis patients was evaluated using GBV-C specific PCR and this virus was detected in one out of thirteen patients. This patient has...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b2d5016b93114235b35e2848c9f40cfe 2024-09-09T19:27:31+00:00 Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil J.R.R. Pinho M.L. Capacci L.C. da Silva F.J. Carrilho C.A. Santos V Pugliese B Guz J.E. Levi C.A.F. Ballarati A.P. Bernardini 1996-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000300016 https://doaj.org/article/b2d5016b93114235b35e2848c9f40cfe EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000300016 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651996000300016 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/b2d5016b93114235b35e2848c9f40cfe Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 38, Iss 3, Pp 243-246 (1996) Hepatitis G GB virus Hepatitis non A - E HGV Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1996 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000300016 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z Hepatitis G virus/ GB virus C is a novel flavivirus recently detected in hepatitis non A-E cases. In this study, the presence of this virus in chronic non-B, non-C hepatitis patients was evaluated using GBV-C specific PCR and this virus was detected in one out of thirteen patients. This patient has presented a severe liver failure, has lived for a long time in the Western Amazon basin and no other cause for this clinical picture was reported. The impact of the discovery of this new agent is still under evaluation throughout the world. The study of the prevalence of this virus among chronic hepatitis patients and healthy individuals (as blood donors) will furnish subside to evaluate its real pathogenicity. O vírus da Hepatite G ou vírus GB-C é um novo vírus recentemente descoberto em casos de hepatites não A-E. Neste estudo, casos de hepatite crônica não-B, não-C foram testados com uma reação de amplificação específica para GBV-C. Este vírus foi detectado em 1 entre os 13 casos estudados. Este paciente apresentava insuficiência hepática severa, tinha habitado por vários anos na Amazônia Ocidental e nenhuma outra causa para este quadro clínico havia sido relatada. O impacto da descoberta deste novo agente está ainda sendo investigado. O estudo da prevalência deste vírus entre pacientes com hepatite crônica e entre indivíduos sadios (como, por exemplo, doadores de sangue) fornecerá subsídios para o estabelecimento de sua real patogenicidade. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 38 3 243 246 |
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Hepatitis G virus/ GB virus C is a novel flavivirus recently detected in hepatitis non A-E cases. In this study, the presence of this virus in chronic non-B, non-C hepatitis patients was evaluated using GBV-C specific PCR and this virus was detected in one out of thirteen patients. This patient has presented a severe liver failure, has lived for a long time in the Western Amazon basin and no other cause for this clinical picture was reported. The impact of the discovery of this new agent is still under evaluation throughout the world. The study of the prevalence of this virus among chronic hepatitis patients and healthy individuals (as blood donors) will furnish subside to evaluate its real pathogenicity. O vírus da Hepatite G ou vírus GB-C é um novo vírus recentemente descoberto em casos de hepatites não A-E. Neste estudo, casos de hepatite crônica não-B, não-C foram testados com uma reação de amplificação específica para GBV-C. Este vírus foi detectado em 1 entre os 13 casos estudados. Este paciente apresentava insuficiência hepática severa, tinha habitado por vários anos na Amazônia Ocidental e nenhuma outra causa para este quadro clínico havia sido relatada. O impacto da descoberta deste novo agente está ainda sendo investigado. O estudo da prevalência deste vírus entre pacientes com hepatite crônica e entre indivíduos sadios (como, por exemplo, doadores de sangue) fornecerá subsídios para o estabelecimento de sua real patogenicidade. |
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Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil |
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Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil |
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Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil |
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Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil |
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Hepatitis G virus / GB virus C in Brazil. Preliminary report Vírus da Hepatite G / Vírus GB-C no Brasil |
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