| seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus, hepatitis c virus and gb virus-c infections in siberia. | we studied the seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and gb virus-c (gbv-c) infections in 348 siberian natives who lived in the kamchatka peninsula of russia. of 348 samples studied, the seroprevalence of hbsag and anti-hbs were 11.8% (41 of 348 samples) and 35.9% (125 of 348 samples), respectively. the prevalence of hcv infection was 1.4% (5 of 348 samples), and that of gbv-c rna, using rt-pcr methods, was 7.5% (26 of 348 samples). in siberia, the prevalences of hbv ... | 1999 | 10098797 |