| infection with gb virus c/hepatitis g virus among blood donors and hemophiliacs in martinique, a caribbean island. | gb virus c/hepatitis g virus (gbv-c/hgv) rna was detected by reverse transcription-polymer- ase chain reaction with primers derived from the nonstructural region 3 (ns3) in 9 (4.1%) of 221 blood donors and 2 of 20 (10%) hemophilia patients in martinique, french west indies. anti-e2 antibodies were found in sera from 33 (14.9%) of the blood donors and 5 (25%) of the hemophiliacs. none of the subjects was positive for both gbv-c/hgv rna and anti-e2. among the 20 hemophiliacs, 12 (60%) had anti-hcv ... | 1999 | 10459150 |