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

Lancet. 1980 Oct 25;2(8200):876-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)92045-0.

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*
  • Hepatitis C / immunology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / epidemiology*
  • Hepatovirus / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • India
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Hepatitis B Antibodies
  • Immunoglobulin M