Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2018)

Detection and Characterization of Human Pegivirus 2, Vietnam

  • Nguyen To Anh,
  • Nguyen Thi Thu Hong,
  • Le Nguyen Truc Nhu,
  • Tran Tan Thanh,
  • Catherine Anscombe,
  • Le Ngoc Chau,
  • Tran Thi Thanh Thanh,
  • Chuen-Yen Lau,
  • Direk Limmathurotsakul,
  • Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,
  • H. Rogier van Doorn,
  • Xutao Deng,
  • Motiur Rahman,
  • Eric Delwart,
  • Thuy Le,
  • Guy Thwaites,
  • Le Van Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180668
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 11
pp. 2063 – 2067

Abstract

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We report human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) infection in Vietnam. We detected HPgV-2 in some patients with hepatitis C virus/HIV co-infection but not in patients with HIV or hepatitis A, B, or C virus infection, nor in healthy controls. HPgV-2 strains in Vietnam are phylogenetically related to global strains.

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