The yield of G418-resistant Huh7 cell clones bearing subgenomic dicistronic GB virus B (GBV-B) is significantly affected by the insertion of a portion of the viral core gene between the GBV-B 5' untranslated region and the exogenous neomycin phosphotransferase selector gene (A. De Tomassi, M. Pizzuti, R. Graziani, A. Sbardellati, S. Altamura, G. Paonessa, and C. Traboni, J. Virol. 76:7736-7746,...

Serum samples from 96 Spanish hemodialysis patients, as well as serial dilutions of RNA extracted from a reference strain of hepatitis G virus (HGV), were tested for HGV or GB virus C (GBV-C) RNA. Two different reverse transcription (RT)-PCR-based methods of detection were compared for the ability to detect RNA extracted from the samples: an RT-nested PCR assay with primers derived from the 5' ...

Since two closely related gene isolates of a novel flavivirus, designated hepatitis G virus (HGV) and hepatitis GB virus C (GBV-C), respectively, were first identified (2, 3), 11 HGV/ GBV-C-related gene sequences have been reported. We report here a gene sequence for the envelope 1 (E1) region of an HGV/GBV-C strain obtained from a Japanese patient who had positive titers for HGV, HCV, and HBV....

A “Indústria Têxtil”, empresa familiar com mais de 40 anos atividade, tinha suas decisões centralizadas e tomadas pelo presidente. Com a expansão dos negócios, houve divizionalização atrelada à criação uma controladoria implantação da Gestão Baseada em Valor (GBV). Em dois GBV implantada, o lucro econômico foi sucessivamente gerado, mas volume vendas mostrou-se diminuindo constantemente. Diante...

Recently, the isolation of a novel virus, GB virus C (GBV-C), associated with cryptogenic hepatitis has been reported. Following the molecular cloning of this virus genome, it became apparent that the genomic sequence did not encode a protein resembling a nucleocapsid or core-like protein similar to those observed in other flaviviruses, pestiviruses, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and GB virus B. Simi...

In this issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Anastario et al1 bring to light a vulnerability that is often hidden. Using sequential cross-sectional randomized surveys of trailer parks in Mississippi that were home to individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Anastario et al documented a quantitative increase in gender-based violence (GBV) among a population living in pro...

INTRODUCTION Gender-based violence (GBV) and absent fathers are two epidemics that affect women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the understanding of the complex links between GBV and absent fathers is currently inadequate. The aim of the study is to provide an overview of documented evidence that links GBV and absent fathers as well as identifies areas that require systematic revie...

Introduction Kenya has some of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in the world, particularly intimate partner violence. World Vision completed a rapid ethnographic assessment to explore common problems faced by men and local perspectives about the links between men, mental health, alcohol use and GBV. Methods Data from community free-listing surveys (n = 52), four focus group di...

BACKGROUND Rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa (SA) are among the highest in the world. In societies where social ideals of masculinity encourage male dominance and control over women, gender power imbalances contribute to male perpetration and women's vulnerability. The drivers that cause men to perpetrate GBV and those that lead to HIV overlap and interact in multiple and com...

BACKGROUND Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs twice as commonly amongst women as men. Two common domains of trauma, network trauma and gender based violence (GBV), may contribute to this gender difference in PTSD rates. We examined data from a nationally representative sample of the Australian population to clarify the characteristics of these two trauma domains in their contributions ...