Detection of GB virus C genomic sequence in the cerebrospinal fluid of a HIV-infected patient in China: A case report and literature review

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-112

  Liu, Z ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Wei, F ^b   Xu, M ^a   Mou, D ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Li, W ^a   Chen, D ^b   Wu, H ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Hepatology   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); encephalitis; GB virus C; human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Indexed keywords

EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; FUNGAL ENCEPHALITIS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS GENOTYPE C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; CEREBRAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTION; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CHINA; COINFECTION; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FUNGI; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 84983133425     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815001326     Document Type: Review

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