COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HUMAN PEGIVIRUS 2 (HPgV-2)

A method for detecting human Pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) nucleic acid comprising:

• a) contacting a sample suspected of containing HPgV-2 nucleic acid with a nucleic acid molecule, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence at least 12 nucleotides in length that hybridizes under stringent conditions to:
• i) SEQ ID NOS:299-303, or ii) region 1, region 2, region 3, or region 4 of a genomic sequence of human Pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) or complement thereof,
• wherein said genomic sequence of HPgV-2 is shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 1, and
• wherein region 1 is nucleotides 1-1401 of SEQ ID NO:1 or 75, region 2 is nucleotides 1431-4777 of SEQ ID NO:1 or 75, region 3 is nucleotides 4818-8134 of SEQ ID NO:1 or 75, and region 4 is nucleotides 8167-9778 of SEQ ID NO:1 or 75;
• and
• b) detecting the presence or absence of hybridization of said nucleic acid molecule to said HPgV-2 nucleic acid, wherein detecting said presence of hybridization indicates the presence of said HPgV-2 nucleic acid in said sample.