Transmission (GBV)
"Prevalence and Risk Factor Analysis of GBV-C/HGV Infection in Prostitutes."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 30th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Medical Virology, "GB virus-C (GBV-C) and hepatitis G virus (HGV) are variants of a recently cloned virus transmitted parenterally. It is unclear if sexual contact also transmits this virus. In this study, we detected serum GBV-C/HGV RNA in 140 prostitutes by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using different primers. Thirty (21%) were found with GBV-C RNA by nested PCR although only 22 (73%) had HGV RNA by single round RT-PCR. Both assays had a nearly perfect agreement (kappa value, 0.812). The prevalence of GBV-C RNA in prostitutes was significantly higher than the control group (30/140...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1997-06-30)
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