GB virus C
English
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editEtymology
editnamed after a surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis, at the time thought to be caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus
Noun
editGB virus C (uncountable)
- Pegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease
Synonyms
edit- HPgV
- (former name) hepatitis G virus (HGV)