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      Low Prevalence of Hepatitis G Virus Antibodies in Glomerular Diseases

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          A possible agent for human non-A–E hepatitis has been identified and named hepatitis G virus (HGV). HGV is also a flavivirus, and the clinical characteristics and risk factors of HGV infection may be similar to those of hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatitis C virus infection may manifest as a primary glomerulonephritis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of serum HGV RNA in 98 adult patients with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases. We found that only 3 patients (3%) out of 98 with primary glomerulonephritis had HGV RNA. One of 59 (1.7%) healthy controls was serum HGV RNA positive (p > 0.05). The prevalence of serum HGV RNA was low in the patients with primary glomerulonephritis.

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          Infection with hepatitis GB virus C in patients on maintenance hemodialysis.

          Hiroaki Okamoto, T. Meguro, Y. Miyakawa … (1996)
          A recently discovered non-A-E hepatitis virus has been designated hepatitis GB virus C (HGBV-C), but little is known about its mode of transmission and its clinical manifestations. We studied 519 patients on maintenance hemodialysis to determine whether they were infected with HGBV-C. HGBV-C RNA was identified in serum by a reverse-transcription-polymerase-chain-reaction assay with nested primers deduced from a non-structural region. A nucleotide sequence of 100 bp in the nonstructural region was determined on HGBV-C clones. HGBV-C RNA was detected on 3.1 percent of the patients on hemodialysis (16 of 519), as compared with 0.9 percent of healthy blood donors (4 of 448, P<0.03). None of the 16 patients had evidence of active liver disease, although 7 were also infected with hepatitis C virus. Eight patients with HGBV-C infection were followed for 7 to 16 years. In two patients the virus was present at the start of hemodialysis. One had a history of transfusion, and HGBV-C persisted over a period of 16 years; the other became free of HGBV-C after 10 years. In five patients, HGBV-C RNA was first detected 3 to 20 weeks after blood transfusion and persisted for up to 13 years. One patient with no history of transfusion was infected with an HGBV-C variant with the same sequence as in two of the patients with post-transfusion HGBV-C infections. Patients on maintenance hemodialysis are at increased risk for HGBV-C infection. This virus produces persistent infections, which may be transmitted by transfusions but may also be transmitted by other means.
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            Hepatitis GB Virus C in Patients on Hemodialysis

            X de Lamballerie, R.N Charrel, B Dussol (1996)
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              Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF
              Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron
              Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151
              Title: Nephron
              Publisher: S. Karger AG
              ISSN (Print): 1660-8151
              ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186
              Publication date Subscription-year: 1998
              Publication date (Print): August 1998
              Publication date (Electronic): 29 July 1998
              Volume: 79
              Issue: 4
              Pages: 472-473
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              Departments of a Nephrology, b Microbiology, and c Biochemistry, Ondokuzmayιs University, Samsun, Turkey
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              Publisher ID: 45095 Other ID: Nephron 1998;79:472–473
              DOI: 10.1159/000045095
              PubMed ID: 9689165
              SO-VID: e418c742-9a79-4301-b71e-b11b4882fd98
              Copyright © © 1998 S. Karger AG, Basel
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              ScienceOpen disciplines: Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
              Keywords: Hepatitis G virus,Glomerular diseases
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              ScienceOpen disciplines: Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology
              Keywords: Hepatitis G virus, Glomerular diseases

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