Journal article
GB Virus C and Mortality from HIV Infection
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.346(5), pp.377-379
01/31/2002
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200201313460518
PMID: 11821521
Abstract
To the Editor:
The reports of Xiang et al.
1
and Tillmann et al.
2
(Sept. 6 issue) further document that coinfection with the apparently nonpathogenic flavivirus GB virus C (GBV-C, or hepatitis G virus) prolongs survival in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As the accompanying editorial
3
emphasizes, there are no causal inferences to be drawn from these observations, and the suggestion that therapy with GBV-C might improve survival among HIV-infected patients is correctly labeled as “premature.” Although viral cross-talk of this sort has been described in a number of other experimental systems,
4
there are other possible explanations for . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- GB Virus C and Mortality from HIV Infection
- Creators
- Donald E Mosier - Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037Francis V Chisari - Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037Alexander R Macalalad - New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111David R Snydman - New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111Junki Takamatsu - Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, JapanHidenori Toyoda - Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, JapanYoshihide Fukuda - Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, JapanJack T Stapleton - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242Daniel J Diekema - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242Jinhua Xiang - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242Hans L Tillmann - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30623 Hannover, GermanyReinhold E Schmidt - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30623 Hannover, GermanyMichael P Manns - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30623 Hannover, Germany
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.346(5), pp.377-379
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJM200201313460518
- PMID
- 11821521
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/31/2002
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001181302771
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