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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	PLoS Pathogens
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
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008677&type=printable