Prevalence of GBV-C/HGV infection in pregnant Japanese women.
Recently, a novel viral agent, hepatitis G virus, was identified by independent researchers from the serum of patients with liver disease, and termed GBV-C or HGV. At present, GBV-C and HGV are considered to be separate isolates of the same virus; however, the role of this virus in acute and chronic liver disease remains uncertain. Although vertical transmission is known to be one of the routes of transmission, the prevalence of GBV-C/HGV viremia in pregnant Japanese women is unknown. Thus, we determined this prevalence using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Sugiyama
K
K
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan. sugiyama@sunbeam.med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
Goto
K
K
Miyake
Y
Y
Mizutani
F
F
Terabe
K
K
Li
R
R
Wada
Y
Y
Kajiura
S
S
D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence