A study on pathogenicity of hepatitis G virus

Table 1 The relationship between HG and the other viral hepatitis

Group	No. of cases	No. of positive HGV-RNA	%
HNA-E	583	52	8.9
HA	38	2	5.3
HB	713	69	9.1
HC	125	18	14.4
HB + HC	17	5	29.4
HA + HB	22	2	13.6
HB + HE	20	1	5.0
The others *	7	0	0
Total	1552	154	9.9

*The others include: HA + HC 2, HA + HE 1, HC + HE 3 and HA + HB + HE 1.

Table 2 The clinical and/or pathological diagnosis of 154 cases

Group	No.of cases	Acute hepatitis	Chronic hepatitis	Severe	Cirrhosis hepatitis
Sigle HG	52	2	49		1
Super-infected HG	102	80	4		18