Detection of hepatitis G virus (GB virus C) RNA in human saliva.
Using PCR and genomic sequencing, we confirmed the presence of and homology between hepatitis G virus (HGV) (also called GB virus C) RNA in six serum samples and that in two saliva samples obtained from 34 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infections. Thus, HGV may be found outside the circulatory system.
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Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology, and Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
Sönnerborg
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Johansson
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Sällberg
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012463:Saliva / Q000821:virology*