Epidemic and endemic hepatitis in India: evidence for a non-A, non-B hepatitis virus aetiology.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D007075:Immunoglobulin M