Figure 2.

Sequencing analysis of the extreme 5′ terminus of hepatitis GBV-C/HGV virus. RNA was extracted from 100 μl of serum from patients with chronic infection of hepatitis GBV-C/HGV virus (T-138) (Left) or chronic coinfection of hepatitis GBV-C/HGV virus and HCV (T-094) (Right). Cloning of the 5′ terminus of the viral RNA genome was done as described in Fig. 1. The adapter sequences are indicated on the left and the 5′ terminus sequences of the viral RNA are labeled on the right.