title: [Epidemiology and clinical significance of the newly discovered GB,G hepatitis viruses].
abstract: A number of hepatitis viruses have been newly identified belonging to the family hepatitis A-E, by their genome structure. The authors summarize and briefly demonstrate the most important molecular and epidemiological characteristics of te hepatitis GB and G viruses, and they discuss their clinical significance. They discuss the similarities and differences recording the three GB (GB-A, GB-B, GB-C) viruses, and also stress the high rate of similarity between the GB-C and G viruses. All the three GB viruses and G virus have RNA-genome, all of them are transferable with blood and blood preparates, they have been found both in acute and chronic hepatitis. They occur with higher rate in high risk population where the frequency of hepatitis B and C also increased.
authors.affiliation: Országos Belgyógyászati Intézet, Budapest.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fehér
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lengyel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000145:classification*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology