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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wang, Haiying ; Wan, Zhengwei ; Sun, Qiang ; Zhu, Nalin ; Li, Tianyi ; Ren, Xuqi ; An, Xiaoping ; Deng, Shuyun ; Wu, Yue ; Li, Xiufen ; Li, Lin ; Li, Jingyun ; Tong, Yigang ; Tang, Shixing
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Coinfection Dispatch Flaviviridae Hepatitis, Viral, Human Hepatitis C HIV Infections Humans Phylogeny Substance Abuse, Intravenous
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(5):908-911
• Pubmed ID:
  29664364
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5938795
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f79a5542ac72a35a1caac982268031c17c8449c996b75329df4c915d96fd28f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54014/cdc_54014_DS1.pdf
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