Blood Banking (HGV)
"Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Screened Chinese Blood Donors."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 23rd, 1998
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Vox Sanguinis, "Background and Objectives: To determine the prevalence of the recently identified hepatitis G virus (HGV)/GBV-C in screened Chinese paid blood donors. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and seventy-nine plasma samples were tested for HGV RNA by RT-PCR with nested primers from the 5'-noncoding region of GBV-C. All samples were obtained from plasma or blood bags that had been screened twice by routine selection tests (ALT, HBsAg, Anti-HCV, anti-HIV, and syphilis) and were available for clinical use. Results: HGV RNA was detected in 2 (4%) of 50 paid plasma donors from the Beijing Red...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1998-03-23)
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