Prevalence of Hepatitis G Virus in Blood Donors and Recipients.
We evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection in patients who had received multiple blood components and in blood donors and the possible coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Eighty patients who had received multiple blood components and 70 eligible blood donors, as controls were included in this study. HGV RNA was determined by reverse polymerase chain reaction in serum. HGV-RNA was detected in three (3.7%) of patients and in one (1.4%) of controls. Statistical analysis showed no difference between the groups (p> 0.05). HGV and HCV coinfection was not observed in both patient and control groups. Although the most important risk factor for HGV infection was found to be blood transfusions in various studies, this study showed that there is not significant relationship between blood components transfusion and HGV infection.
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