Hepatitis G virus

Table 4 Data on the hepatotropicity of GBV-C

Hepatotropicity	No hepatotropicity
Detection of GBV-C RNA in the sera of patients with acute hepatitis non-A-non-E[61-66]	The equal detection rate of GBV-C RNA in donors with normal and increased alanine aminotransferase activities (1.7 and 1.5%, respectively)[70]
Histological pattern of hepatitis in GBV-C infection[27,28,66,67]	Normal aminotransferase activity values in the presence of GBV-C RNA[11,71]
Detection of GBV-C RNA and NS5 Ag in the liver tissue[68]	No correlation between the level of GBV-C RNA and the activity of alanine aminotransferase[72]
A significant reduction in the serum level of GBV-C RNA after liver transplantation[69]	The level of GBV-C RNA in the liver tissue is lower than that in the serum[73,74]