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GB virus C en · NOUN

Etymology

named after a surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis, at the time thought to be caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Pegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease

Forms

Relateds

GBV-D · GBV-B · GBV-A

Synonyms

HPgV · hepatitis G virus (former name)