Discovery of a Novel Human Pegivirus in Blood Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection.

Discovery of a Novel Human Pegivirus in Blood Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human pegivirus (HPgV), formerly GBV-C, are the only known human viruses in the Hepacivirus and Pegivirus genera, respectively, of the family Flaviviridae. We present the discovery of a second pegivirus, provisionally designated human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2), by next-generat...

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Main Authors: Michael G Berg, Deanna Lee, Kelly Coller, Matthew Frankel, Andrew Aronsohn, Kevin Cheng, Kenn Forberg, Marilee Marcinkus, Samia N Naccache, George Dawson, Catherine Brennan, Donald M Jensen, John Hackett, Charles Y Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4676677?pdf=render

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