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HGV Shares Most Transmission Routes with HCV

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 24th, 1999

Hepatitis G virus appears to share most transmission routes with hepatitis C but may also be spread in additional ways, according to a U.S. National Institutes of Health study of blood donors coinfected with both viruses.

Studies of hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection have generally depended on detection of HGV RNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), because serologic tests are not widely available. However, studying HGV infection by using only a single marker is neither accurate nor sufficient.

More recently, an ELISA has been developed for detection of antibodies against the HGV envelope protein (anti-E2).

"These studies...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1999-05-24)

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