| prevalence of hepatitis b, hepatitis c, and gb virus c/hepatitis g virus infections in liver disease patients and inhabitants in ho chi minh, vietnam. | the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), and gb virus c or hepatitis g virus (gbv-c/hgv) infections was determined in 289 patients with liver disease in ho chi minh city and 890 healthy inhabitants of its rural area, dalat city, vietnam, respectively. serum hcv rna and gbv-c/hgv rna were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr). hbsag, hcv antibodies, and gbv-c/hgv rna were detected in 139 (47%), 69 (23%), and ten (3%) subjects, respectively ... | 1998 | 9557289 |