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Hepatitis G is a form of hepatitis - liver inflammation - that has sometimes been attributed to GB virus C (GBV-C, sometimes referred to as hepatitis G virus or HGV). However, it is not yet clear whether GBV-C actually causes liver disease. * GBV-C was discovered in 1996 and is an unclassified member of the Flaviviridae. The association of GBV-C with human disease is complicated by the fact that only a few cases of acute hepatitis have been attributed to GBV-C, most people infected with GBV-C do not have clinical symptoms, and that coinfection with other hepatitis viruses is common. Some studies have suggested that co-infection with HGV may actually slow the progression of Hepatitis C and/or HIV.
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