Transmission (HGV)

Mother-to-Infant Hepatitis G Infection Occurs at Birth

Published in Blood Weekly, July 21st, 1997

Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis G virus appears to occur during delivery and may cause persistent viremia, according to a report from Sweden's Karolinska Institute.

"Our study indicates that vertical transmission of hepatitis G virus (HGV) does occur, presumably at partus and not in utero, and may induce persistent viremia," researcher Bjorn Fischler and colleagues wrote ("Genetic Evidence for Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Hepatitis G Virus," Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 1997;176:281-285).

HGV (also known as GBV-C) represents a group of recently discovered viruses possibly belonging to non-A, non-E hepatitis viruses. Using the...

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