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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1998, p. 255-257, Vol. 36, No. 1
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Detection of Hepatitis G Virus RNA in Persons with and without Known Risk Factors for Blood-Borne Viral Infections in Sweden and Honduras

Claudia Lara,1,2 Robert Halasz,1 Anders Sönnerborg,1 and Matti Sällberg1,3,*

Divisions of Clinical Virology, F 68,1 and Oral Microbiology, F 88,3 Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology, and Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden,1 and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Honduras2

Received 15 April 1997/Returned for modification 4 August 1997/Accepted 1 October 1997

We analyzed 224 and 163 serum samples from individuals in Sweden and Honduras, respectively, for the presence of the hepatitis G virus (HGV or GB virus-C) RNA. HGV infection in both Sweden and Honduras was related to common risk factors for blood-borne infections, despite a surprisingly high frequency in groups without known risk factors.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Clinical Virology, F 68, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden. Phone: 46-8-58587939. Fax: 46-8-58581305. E-mail: masa{at}vird01.hs.sll.se.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1998, p. 255-257, Vol. 36, No. 1
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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