Detection and Characterization of Human Pegivirus 2, Vietnam

• Main Authors: Nguyen To Anh, Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Le Nguyen Truc Nhu, Tran Tan Thanh, Catherine Anscombe, Le Ngoc Chau, Tran Thi Thanh Thanh, Chuen-Yen Lau, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, H. Rogier van Doorn, Xutao Deng, Motiur Rahman, Eric Delwart, Thuy Le, Guy Thwaites, Le Van Tan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11-01
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: human pegivirus 2; human hepegivirus 1; Vietnam; HCV; HIV; hepatitis and sepsis
• Online Access: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/18-0668_article

We report human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) infection in Vietnam. We detected HPgV-2 in some patients with hepatitis C virus/HIV co-infection but not in patients with HIV or hepatitis A, B, or C virus infection, nor in healthy controls. HPgV-2 strains in Vietnam are phylogenetically related to global strains.