Efficacy of ribavirin plus interferon alpha on viraemia of GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus: comparison with interferon alpha alone |
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| Authors: | JH Kao MY Lai W Chen PJ Chen DS Chen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei. |
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| Abstract: | We investigated the efficacy of ribavirin plus interferon (IFN) alpha on GB virus-C (GBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) viraemia and compared it with that of interferon alpha alone in patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and GBV-C/HGV. Serum HCV and GBV-C/HGV-RNA were studied in eight patients with HCV and GBV-C/HGV coinfection, five received IFN alpha and three received oral ribavirin plus IFN alpha. Mean serum GBV-C/HGV titre at the end of therapy was significantly lower than the titre just before therapy and patients with lower pretreatment titre had a better sustained response rate. Sustained virological response of GBV-C/HGV to IFN alpha alone and ribavirin plus IFN alpha at the end of follow up was observed in one each, respectively. Thus, GBV-C/HGV in patients with HCV and GBV-C/HGV coinfection does respond to IFN alpha and ribavirin plus IFN alpha may not induce a higher sustained response. |
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