Equine pegiviruses cause persistent infection of bone marrow and are not associated with hepatitis.

Equine pegiviruses cause persistent infection of bone marrow and are not associated with hepatitis.

Pegiviruses frequently cause persistent infection (as defined by >6 months), but unlike most other Flaviviridae members, no apparent clinical disease. Human pegivirus (HPgV, previously GBV-C) is detectable in 1-4% of healthy individuals and another 5-13% are seropositive. Some evidence for infect...

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Main Authors: Joy E Tomlinson, Raphael Wolfisberg, Ulrik Fahnøe, Himanshu Sharma, Randall W Renshaw, Louise Nielsen, Eiko Nishiuchi, Christina Holm, Edward Dubovi, Brad R Rosenberg, Bud C Tennant, Jens Bukh, Amit Kapoor, Thomas J Divers, Charles M Rice, Gerlinde R Van de Walle, Troels K H Scheel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008677

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