Definition of Hepatitis G

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Hepatitis G: A virus first identified in 1995 that is genetically related to the hepatitis C virus but which does not cause hepatitis and, in fact, is not known to be responsible for any disease.

Infection with the virus seems to be beneficial to HIV-infected patients. They enjoy longer survival if they are coinfected with this virus and HIV than if they have HIV alone.

The hepatitis G virus is also called the GB virus C (GBV-C). This designation is now preferred because the virus is not a cause of hepatitis.

Common Misspellings: hepititis g, hepatitus g, hepetitis g, hapatitis g

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