Serum hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA in multitransfused thalassemics from eastern Sicily

B Cacopardo; A Berger; S Cosentino; S Lombardo; M L Morrone; V Boscia; G Vinci; R Restivo; G Brancati; H W Doerr; A Nunnari

doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80010-8

Serum hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA in multitransfused thalassemics from eastern Sicily

J Infect. 1998 Mar;36(2):179-83. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80010-8.

Authors

B Cacopardo¹, A Berger, S Cosentino, S Lombardo, M L Morrone, V Boscia, G Vinci, R Restivo, G Brancati, H W Doerr, A Nunnari

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Catania, Italy.

PMID: 9570651
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80010-8

Abstract

The prevalence of hepatitis G in a multitransfused population was studied. HGV did not appear to be a major contributor to liver pathology in this group and the prevalence was surprisingly low.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Flaviviridae / genetics
Flaviviridae / isolation & purification*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / complications*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / epidemiology*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / transmission
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
RNA, Viral / blood*
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Sicily / epidemiology
Transfusion Reaction*
beta-Thalassemia / complications*

Substances

RNA, Viral
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase