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| | Correspondence -- NEJM 1997; 337: 276-277 |
 | | The observed amount of HGV RNA in the liver may be explained by contamination from serum, since the estimated volume of serum required to produce the results is approximately 0.1 microl. |
 | | We postulated, however, that patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) might have a low tolerance for HGV infection, as noted in the case of HGV's distant relative, HCV, (4) or that there might be interference between the two viruses, as noted in the case of HCV and hepatitis D virus. |
 | | In this group of patients with hemophilia, prevalence rates for HGV viremia were 13 percent in the 15 HCV-negative patients, 8 percent in the 12 patients with hepatic failure, and 9 percent in the 54 matched controls. |
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