Prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among blood donors in north-eastern Brazil

P Goubau; F B Andrade; H F Liu; F P Basilio; L Croonen; V A Barreto-Gomes

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00407.x

Prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among blood donors in north-eastern Brazil

Trop Med Int Health. 1999 May;4(5):365-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00407.x.

Authors

P Goubau¹, F B Andrade, H F Liu, F P Basilio, L Croonen, V A Barreto-Gomes

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Virology, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium. goubau@mblg.ucl.ac.be

PMID: 10402972
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00407.x

Abstract

We tested 70 blood donors from Fortaleza (Ceara state, Brazil) for GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV/HGV) infection by polymerase chain reaction and detection of antienvelope antibodies. Twenty-seven (38.6%) showed signs of an active or resolved infection. Sixty-four percent of those with indications of other blood-borne viral infections showed signs of GBV-C/HGV infection also.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Donors / statistics & numerical data*
Brazil / epidemiology
Flaviviridae / genetics
Flaviviridae / immunology
Flaviviridae / isolation & purification*
Hepatitis Antibodies / blood*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / epidemiology*
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / immunology
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral / blood*

Substances

Hepatitis Antibodies
RNA, Viral