False statement about hepatitis G virus is: (A) Also called GB virus, (B) Blood borne RNA virus, (C) Mostly infected with C virus, (D) Responds to lamivudine
Answer is D. Hepatitis G: A virus isolated from the blood of some patients with posttransfusion hepatitis that is hypothesized to be a cause of hepatitis by some investigators, but the virus has not yet been confirmed as a cause of acute or chronic hepatitis.treatment by interferons. Ref Harrison20th edition pg 997