Bone Marrow Transplantation (HGV)
"Detection of Hepatitis G Virus/GB Virus C After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, October 5th, 1998
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Bone Marrow Transplantation, "Abnormal liver function before allogeneic BMT has been associated with VOD. Hepatitis G virus/GB virus C (HGV) is a recently discovered virus suggested to be a cause of non-A, non-B, non-C, non-D, and non-E hepatitis. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze the risk for liver complications and time to engraftment in patients infected with HGV. Fifty patients transplanted in 1995 were examined with RT-PCR for HGV on samples collected before, and between 3 and 6 months after BMT. Seven patients had HGV detected before BMT. No patient became infected during or early after the BMT. ...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1998-10-05)
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