title: [The G virus: the orphan virus].
abstract: The GB-C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) was discovered in 1995. Its prevalence in the general population of industrialized countries is relatively high. The GBV-C/HGV virus is transmitted by blood and blood-product transfusion, intravenous drug abuse, sexual transmission and mother-fetus transmission. To date, this virus has not been associated with acute or chronic hepatitis and as such hepatitis G virus is a misnomer. This orphelin virus is thus still looking for the right name and perhaps an induced pathology.
authors.affiliation: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris XII, Créteil. pawlotsky@univ-paris12.fr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pawlotsky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dhumeaux
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Virus G: le point.