| A high prevalence of serum GB virus C/hepatitis G virus RNA in children with and without liver disease. | |
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PMID: 10194074 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The role of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) in adult and pediatric liver disease is unclear. We detected serum GBV-C/HGV RNA by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in 1 (3%) of 38 cholestatic infants, in 4 (4%) of 95 children without liver disease, and in none of 30 children with autoimmune hepatitis. One cholestatic infant had antibodies, presumably maternal, to GBV-C/HGV. Sequence analysis of a nonstructural 3 region fragment suggested that mother-to-infant transmission was the route of infection for the cholestatic infant. The four infected children without liver disease had normal liver function test results and lacked risk factors for bloodborne infections. Thus, the detection of GBV-C/HGV RNA among children with and without liver disease suggests that chronic GBV-C/ HGV infections may be established early in life, possibly by mother-to-infant transmission. This may explain in part the high prevalence of serum GBV-C/HGV RNA and antibodies in healthy adults. |
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Authors:
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R Halasz; B Fischler; A Nemeth; S Lundholm; M Sällberg |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Volume: 28 ISSN: 1058-4838 ISO Abbreviation: Clin. Infect. Dis. Publication Date: 1999 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-06-24 Completed Date: 1999-06-24 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9203213 Medline TA: Clin Infect Dis Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 537-40 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology, and Infectious Diseases, Huddinge University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. |
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Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Child Child, Preschool Female Flaviviridae / genetics, isolation & purification* Hepatitis, Viral, Human / virology* Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Liver Diseases / virology* Male RNA, Viral / blood* Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Viremia / virology |
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0/RNA, Viral |
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