Hepatitis G virus exists--but does hepatitis G?
Wejstål, R.; Lindberg, J.
Lakartidningen 96(4): 323-326
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-7205 PMID: 10024820 Document Number: 504933
Hepatitis G virus, or GB virus type C, is a recently discovered RNA virus, remotely related to hepatitis C virus. The infection is frequently found, and seems to be blood-borne, occurring among intravenous drug abusers and transmitted from mother to child. Although long-term viraemia is common, in most cases the infection resolves spontaneously. Whether the viral infection causes liver disease or has other manifestations remains unknown.
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