Second Human Pegivirus in Hepatitis C Virus–Infected and Hepatitis C Virus/HIV-1–Co-infected Persons Who Inject Drugs, China

Autor: Yue Wu, Xiaoping An, Jingyun Li, Tianyi Li, Lin Li, Xiufen Li, Yigang Tong, Haiying Wang, Nalin Zhu, Shixing Tang, Xuqi Ren, Qiang Sun, Shuyun Deng, Zhengwei Wan
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
hepatitis C virus
0301 basic medicine
Epidemiology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
lcsh:Medicine
men who have sex with men
HIV Infections
medicine.disease_cause
HPgV-2
Men who have sex with men
Medicine
Substance Abuse
Intravenous

Phylogeny
second human pegivirus
education.field_of_study
biology
Coinfection
Dispatch
food and beverages
virus diseases
Hepatitis C
Flaviviridae Infections
Infectious Diseases
HCV
persons who inject drugs
Microbiology (medical)
China
Hepatitis
Viral
Human

Hepatitis C virus
Pegivirus
Population
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Flaviviridae
HPgV
parasitic diseases
Humans
lcsh:RC109-216
viruses
MSM
PWID
education
pegivirus
business.industry
lcsh:R
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Virology
HHpgV-1
030104 developmental biology
HIV-1
Second Human Pegivirus in Hepatitis C Virus–Infected and Hepatitis C Virus/HIV-1–Co-infected Persons Who Inject Drugs
China

business
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 5, Pp 908-911 (2018)
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2405.161162
Popis: We report the presence of the second human pegivirus (HPgV-2) in Guangdong and Sichuan Provinces in China. The prevalence of HPgV-2 in hepatitis C virus/HIV-1–co-infected persons who inject drugs was 12.9% in Guangdong and 15.9% in Sichuan. This population is at high risk for HPgV-2 infection.
Databáze: OpenAIRE