Journal of Medical Virology · 1993 · 94 citations · 9 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyHepatologyMolecular VirologyVirologyInfectious Disease DetectionLiver DiseaseViral DiagnosticsViral EpidemiologyViral HepatitisViral InfectionsAssayEpidemiology Of Enteric DiseaseHepatitis C InfectionHepatitis E Virus InfectionHepatitis SerologyHepatitis Virus DiagnosisHepatitis Virus SerologyHepatitis Virus Testing
Non-A, non-B (NANB) hepatitis viruses are now classified as hepatitis E (enterically transmitted) and hepatitis C (parenterally transmitted). India experiences a large number of epidemics of the enteric disease every year. In addition, about 70% of the sporadic cases among adults are also due to NANB hepatitis. With the availability of an immunoblot assay for the detection of anti-HEV-IgM and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of HCV-RNA, serum samples from epidemic and sporadic NANB patients were screened for these markers. We found that a large number of cases from the epidemics were HEV, though a few remained undiagnosed, while of the sporadic cases only a few could be diagnosed as HCV or HEV; a large proportion remained undiagnosed.
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV): Molecular cloning and sequencing of the full-length viral genome
Albert W. Tam, Matthew M. Smith, M. Guerra et al. · Virology · 1991 · 1.1K citations · Full text
Evidence for a Virus in Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis Transmitted via the Fecal-Oral Route
M.S. Balayart, A. G. Andjaparidze, S. S. Savinskaya et al. · Intervirology · 1983 · 889 citations