English Explanatory Dictionary

GB virus C

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pegivirus C, an RNA Pegivirus that infects humans, though not known to cause human disease; coinfection seems to slow the progression of HIV disease

Word forms

GB virus C GBV-C

Etymology

named after a surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis, at the time thought to be caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus

Synonyms

HPgV hepatitis G virus

Related words

GBV-A GBV-B GBV-D
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