title: [HGBV-C infection in patients with chronic liver disease].
abstract: Infection with HGBV-C was surveyed in 286 patients with chronic liver disease. HGBV-C RNA was detected in 19 patients (6.6%), by nested RT-PCR with 5'UTR-derived primers. There were no appreciable differences in clinical and virological features between patients with and without HGBV-C RNA in serum. HGBV-C RNA was detected in three of 83(4%) patients with HBV infection, 15(8%) of 188 patients with HCV infection, and one of 12(8%) patients without evidence of ongoing infection with HBV or HCV, suggesting that the contribution of HGBV-C to non-B non-C hepatitis would not be high. HGBV-C RNA was detected more frequently in the patients with liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma than in those with chronic hepatitis. This could reflect a possible role of HGBV-C in aggravating liver disease in co-operation with the other hepatitis viruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000235:genetics; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D012367:RNA, Viral