Serologic classification of acute viral hepatitis at San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
Sixty-four out of 189 jaundiced patients at San Lazaro Hospital were defined as acute viral hepatitis cases. Of this number, 22 (34.4%) were positive for hepatitis A markers while 26 (40.6%) were positive for hepatitis B markers. Hepatitis D infection accounted for 1.6%, while non-A, non-B hepatitis accounted for 21.9%.
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US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Manila, Republic of the Philippines.
Macalagay
P S
PS
Paulino
G P
GP
Fallarme
V D
VD
Reyes
R S
RS
Sangalang
R P
RP
Ranoa
C P
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Long
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GW
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000175:diagnosis; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000175:diagnosis; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D007565:Jaundice / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens