Hepatitis G virus

Table 3 Detection rate of HGV RNA in high infection-risk groups

Authors, year, country	Risk group	GBV-C RNA (%)
Mazuko et al, 1996, Indonesia[38]	Patients on hemodialysis	55
Alter et al, 1997, USA[34]	Patients on hemodialysis	20
Miklhailov, 1997, Russia[11]	Drug abusers	35
Karayiannis et al, 1997, United Kingdom[46]	Patients with hemophilia	14
	Recipients of immunoglobulins	5.4
	Drug abusers	13.5
Martin et al, 1999, USA[47]	Patients on hemodialysis	17.1
Rubio et al, 1997, Germany[48]	Patients on hemodialysis	5
	Renal or hepatic posttransplantation patients	14-20
	Patients on hemodialysis	5
Lefrere et al, 1997, France[36]	Patients on hemodialysis	57.5
Miyakawa et al, 1997, Japan[49]	Patients on hemodialysis	3.1
	Patients on intravenous drug injection	16
Novikov, 2000, Russia[8]	Patients with hemophilia	28
Kumar et al, 2005, India[50]	Patients on hemodialysis	6
Kachko et al, 2005, Russia[51]	Drug abusers	25
Grabarczyk et al, 2006, Poland[41]	Patients on hemodialysis	23.7