GB Virus C Coinfections in West African Ebola Patients
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GB virus C coinfections in west African Ebola patients.
In 49 patients with known Ebola virus disease outcomes during the ongoing outbreak in Sierra Leone, 13 were coinfected with the immunomodulatory pegivirus GB virus C (GBV-C). Fifty-three percent of these GBV-C(+) patients survived; in contrast, only 22% of GBV-C(-) patients survived. Both survival and GBV-C status were associated with age, with older patients having lower survival rates and int...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02752-14