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Developments in viral hepatitis
Author(s) -
Zuckerman Arie J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890030102
Subject(s) - virology , viral hepatitis , hepatitis , hepatitis b , hepatitis virus , hepatitis a , antigen , hepatitis b virus , viral disease , virus , hepatitis c virus , medicine , immunology
Abstract Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem occurring endemically in all parts of the world. The general term viral hepatitis refers to infections caused by hepatitis virus type A, type B and a more recently identified infection referred to as “non‐A:non‐B” hepatitis. These clinically and pathologically similar forms of hepatitis have been studied intensively following the discovery of a specific antigen, Australia antigen, one of the markers of infection with hepatitis B virus.