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Hepatitis G virus Volume 2, issue 6, Novembre - Décembre 1996

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Institut national de la transfusion sanguine, Paris.

The so-called hepatitis G virus (HGV) or GB virus C (GBV-C) is a recently discovered RNA virus and has a worldwide distribution. The HGV prevalence in blood donor populations is high (1-5% according to the countries). The virus is parenterally transmitted and associated with acute or chronic hepatitis. However, most HGV-infected patients are viremic in the absence of liver disease. The responsability of HGV in some cases of fulminant hepatitis is controversial.