Edited by: Paul Smaglik
T.P. Leary, A.S. Muerhoff, J.N. Simons, T.J. Pilot-Matias, J.C. Erker, M.L. Chalmers, G.G. Schlauder, G.J. Dawson, S.M. Desai, I.K. Mushahwar, "Sequence and genomic organization of GBV-C: A novel member of the Flaviviridae associated with human non-A-E hepatitis," Journal of Medical Virology, 48:60-7, 1996. (Cited more than 150 times since its publication in January 1996)
Comments by Thomas P. Leary and Isa K. Mushahwar, Virus Discovery Group, Abbott Laboratories Inc., North Chicago, Ill.
![]() VIRAL SURPRISE: Abbott Laboratories' Thomas Leary was looking for GBV-A or GBV-B in a human sample but found GBV-C instead. |
![]() UNKNOWN IMPACT: Since GBV-C rarely occurs alone, scientists will have a difficult time assessing its contribution to hepatitis, says Abbott Laboratories' Isa Mushahwar. |
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