Detection of hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA and antibodies to the HGV envelope protein E2 in a cohort of hemodialysis patients

Authors
Perez-Gracia, T Galan, F Goron-Gonzalez, JA Lozano, A Benavides, B Fernandez, E Rodriguez-Iglesias, M
Citation
T. Perez-gracia et al., Detection of hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA and antibodies to the HGV envelope protein E2 in a cohort of hemodialysis patients, J CLIN MICR, 38(11), 2000, pp. 4277-4279
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4277 - 4279
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200011)38:11<4277:DOHGV(>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
An analysis of the evolution of hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection markers w as performed for a cohort of 58 hemodialyzed patients. During follow-up (4. 88 +/- 0.42 years), a group of these patients cleared their antibodies agai nst the envelope protein E2 with (4 of 29 cases; 13.8%) or without (9 of 29 cases; 31%) the reappearance of viremia, This finding implies a temporally limited protection in patients previously infected with HGV.