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Hepatitis G virus infection in chronic liver disease

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dc.creator Guilera Sardà, Magda
dc.creator Sáiz Calahorra, Juan Carlos
dc.creator López Labrador, Francesc Xavier
dc.creator Olmedo Casas, Eva
dc.creator Ampurdanés, Sergi
dc.creator Forns, Xavier
dc.creator Bruix Tudó, Jordi
dc.creator Parés Darnaculleta, Albert
dc.creator Sánchez Tapias, José M. (José María)
dc.creator Jiménez de Anta Losada, María Teresa
dc.creator Rodés, J.
dc.date 2011-07-07T12:30:41Z
dc.date 2011-07-07T12:30:41Z
dc.date 1998
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:27:15Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:27:15Z
dc.identifier 0017-5749
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/18664
dc.identifier 161970
dc.identifier 9505895
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/22151
dc.description Background¿The hepatitis G virus (HGV), a recently identified member of the Flaviviridae family, can cause chronic infection in man but the role of this agent in chronic liver disease is poorly understood. Aims¿To evaluate the prevalence and meaning of HGV infection in a large series of patients with chronic liver disease. Subjects¿Two hundred volunteer blood donors, 179 patients with chronic hepatitis C, 111 with chronic hepatitis B, 104 with alcoholic liver disease, 136 with hepatocellular carcinoma, and 24 with cryptogenic chronic liver disease were studied. Methods¿HGV RNA was investigated in serum samples by reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction amplification of the 5¿ non-coding region of HCV and hybridisation to a specific probe. The main features of HGV RNA seropositive and seronegative patients were compared. Results¿The prevalence of HGV infection was 3% in blood donors, 7% in chronic hepatitis C, 8% in chronic hepatitis B, 2% in alcoholic liver disease, 4% in hepatocellular carcinoma, and 8% in cryptogenic chronic liver disease. HGV infected patients tended to be younger than non-infected patients but no differences concerning sex, possible source of infection, clinical manifestations, biochemical and virological parameters, or severity of liver lesions were found. Conclusions¿The prevalence of HGV infection in chronic liver disease seems to be relatively low in our area. Infection with HGV does not seem to play a significant pathogenic role in patients with chronic liver disease related to chronic HBV or HCV infection or to increased alcohol consumption, or in those with cryptogenic chronic liver disease.
dc.format 5 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher BMJ Group
dc.relation Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.42.1.107
dc.relation Gut, 1998, vol. 42, núm. 1, p. 107-111
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.42.1.107
dc.rights (c) BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology, 1998
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina)
dc.subject GB virus C
dc.subject Hepatitis vírica
dc.subject Malalties cròniques
dc.subject GB virus C (GBV-C)
dc.subject Viral hepatitis
dc.subject Chronic diseases
dc.title Hepatitis G virus infection in chronic liver disease
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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