Blood Banking (HGV)

GBV-C/HGV Transmitted by Blood and Blood Products

Published in Blood Weekly, April 8th, 1996

GBV-C/HGV appear to be transmitted by blood and blood products, but extensive epidemiological studies are needed to determine whether they are true hepatitis viruses, according to a report from the World Health Organization.

Three GBV viruses - GBV-A, GBV-B, and GBV-C - have recently been identified. In January 1996 hepatitis X, a long-awaited agent referred to informally for several months at scientific meetings, was designated hepatitis G or HGV (Linnen et al., Science, 1996;271:505-509).

"Isolation of the GB viruses A and B as novel flavivirus-like agents in tamarins infected originally with acute icteric hepatitis, facilitated the identification...

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