At-Risk Populations (HGV)

Hepatitis G Incidence High Among Bone Marrow Recipients

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 1st, 1997

Spanish researchers report a high prevalence of hepatitis G virus infection in a group of bone marrow transplant patients, but no evidence that the infections were associated with liver disease.

Their findings add to the growing speculation that hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection has little or no clinical significance with regard to liver disease, even when patients are coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Acute and chronic liver dysfunction is common after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Although toxicity, graft versus-host disease (GVHD), and viral infections are the major causes of liver dysfunction, etiologic diagnosis is...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1997-09-01)

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