| high prevalence of gb virus c/hepatitis g virus in kinshasa, democratic republic of congo: a phylogenetic analysis. | a prevalence of 10.3% of gb virus c (gbv-c)/hepatitis g virus (hgv) carriers was found in 97 pregnant women from kinshasa, congo (formerly zaire), while prevalences of 1%, 4.1%, and 0% were found for hepatitis c virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and human t-lymphotropic virus respectively. phylogenetic analysis of the ten gbv-c/hgv positives based on the 5' non-coding region using three different methods identified consistently three gbv-c/hgv genotypes. four main clades were found within the ... | 2000 | 10596015 |
| seroepidemiological survey of hepatitis c virus among commercial sex workers and pregnant women in kinshasa, democratic republic of congo. | studies conducted mainly in industrialized countries have shown that the transmission of hepatitis c virus (hcv) is mainly parenteral, and have emphasized the role of nosocomial transmission. in equatorial africa, the respective contributions of parenteral and non-parenteral routes of transmission are unknown. the potential role of sexual transmission in this area of high hcv endemicity, where sexually transmitted infections (sti) are frequent, is suggested by the fact that hcv infection is rare ... | 2001 | 11511619 |
| epidemic history and iatrogenic transmission of blood-borne viruses in mid-20th century kinshasa. | the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) pandemic was ignited in léopoldville (now known as kinshasa), in the former belgian congo. factors that jump-started its early expansion remain unclear. nonlethal hepatitis c virus (hcv) and human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv-1) can be used to investigate past iatrogenic transmission. | 2016 | 26768251 |