GB virus C (GBV-C), formerly known as hepatitis G virus (HGV) and also known as HPgV is a virus in the Flaviviridae family and a member of the Pegivirus genus, is known to infect humans, but is not known to cause human disease. There have been reports that HIV patients coinfected with GBV-C can survive longer than those without GBV-C, but the patients may be different in other ways. There is current active research into the virus' effects on the immune system in patients coinfected with GBV-C and HIV.
History
Hepatitis G virus and GB virus C (GBV-C) are RNA viruses that were independently identified in 1995, and were subsequently found to be two isolates of the same virus. Although GBV-C was initially thought to be associated with chronic hepatitis, extensive investigation failed to identify any association between this virus and any clinical illness. GB Virus C (and indeed, GBV-A and GBV-B) is named after the surgeon, G. Barker, who fell ill in 1966 with a non-A non-B hepatitis which at the time was thought to have been caused by a new, infectious hepatic virus.
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Come Out
by: Emiliana Torrini( DIP - Lo-Fi Meets Hi-Camp LP )
Hey handsome you
I'll take a guess
Your sitting pretty butt and awful mess
Alone on earth
Unwanted guest
An ugly duckling in a peacocks nest
Come out, come out
Stop hiding in your shell and dream alone
Come out, come out
Show your sparkling eyes and part the clouds
But don't despair
I'm on your side
A topsy turvy saviour in the night
So follow me
The melody
Who'll turn you inside out and set you free
Come out, come out
Stop hiding in your shell and dream alone
Come out, come out
Show your sparkling eyes and part the clouds
What's in, all this for me?
Why should a stranger care?
The sky would be a lonely place
Without a star in sight
Oh, simply bring your lovely gaze
Stars shine down on me
Hey handsome you
By now I guess
You're more than pretty-pretty, nothing less
Queen of the earth
The honored guest
A knight in shiny armour on a quest
Come out, come out
Stop hiding in your shell and dream alone
Come out, come out
Show your sparkling eyes and part the clouds
Come out, come out
Stop hiding in your shell and dream alone
come out, come out
Show your sparkling eyes and part the clouds
Come out - stars shine down on me
Come out - stars shine down on me
Come out
Come out - stars shine down me!