GB virus C

noun

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

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HPgVhepatitis G virus
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Meanings

nounGB virus C (uncountable)

alternative GBV-C

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

    Synonyms: HPgV, hepatitis G virus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease

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HPgVhepatitis G virus

Origin

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

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