| Literature DB >> 11025177 |
P Kar1, P Bedi, N Berry, A Chakravorty, R K Gupta, R Saha, B C Das.
Abstract
The prevalence of hepatitis G virus (HGV) has been determined in commercial as well as voluntary blood donors from India by detecting viral RNA genome using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. 45 professional blood donors from private blood banks and 50 healthy controls who opted for voluntary blood donation were recruited for the study. Both the groups were also screened serologically for HBV and HCV infection. The prevalence of HGV in the general population in India was found to be 4% but significantly a higher frequency (46.6%; p<0.001) of HGV was observed in commercial blood donors.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 11025177 DOI： 10.1016/s0732-8893(00)00168-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN： 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803