Hepatitis G
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- The causative agent is a VHC-like virus;
- parenteral transmission, diagnosis of HGV RNA, detection of anti-HGV rather indicates an infection, often combined with VHB or VHC;
- most infections are asymptomatic, but fulminant hepatitis can occur, chronic infections are characterized by the absence of significant histological impairment of liver tissue;
- it turns chronic, but clinical, morphological and laboratory signs of liver disease are not present even after decades of infection. Therefore, therapy, prevention or other interventions are not indicated.
- the positive effect of VHG infection on HIV infection is being considered.
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- PASTOR, Jan. Langenbeck's medical web page [online]. [cit. 2010]. <http://langenbeck.webs.com>.
- BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. [cit. 2010]. <http://jirben.wz.cz>.
Used literature[edit | edit source]
- HAVLÍK, Jiří. Infektologie. 2. edition. Avicenum, 1990. 393 pp. ISBN 80-201-0062-8.
- LOBOVSKÁ, Alena. Infekční nemoci. 1. edition. Karolinum, 2001. 263 pp. ISBN 80-246-0116-8.
