Epidemic and endemic hepatitis in India: evidence for a non-A, non-B hepatitis virus aetiology.

Lancet (London, England) ·Vol. 2 ·No. 8200 ·1980-10-25 ·Pages 876-9

Wong DC, Purcell RH, Sreenivasan MA, Prasad SR, Pavri KM

Abstract

69 serum pairs from two common-source water-borne outbreaks and one series of endemic cases of hepatitis in three parts of India were tested for hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus infections. None of the patients had evidence of HAV infection and only 10.1% had evidence of HBV infection. A large proportion of hepatitis in India seems to be caused by previously unrecognised agents.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Antibodies, Viral/analysis Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology Female Hepatitis A/epidemiology Hepatitis B/epidemiology Hepatitis B Antibodies/analysis Hepatitis C/epidemiology,immunology Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology Hepatovirus/immunology Humans Immunoglobulin M/analysis India Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies

Chemicals

Antibodies, Viral Hepatitis B Antibodies Immunoglobulin M

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Wong D C

Purcell R H

Sreenivasan M A

Prasad S R

Pavri K M

Article Info

Journal

Lancet (London, England)

Abbr.

Lancet

ISSN

0140-6736

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(80)92045-0

Published

1980-10-25

Pages

876-9

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

2985213R

Subset

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