hardie@sask.UUCP ( the Born Again Programmer) (01/06/85)
Has anyone out there got info on non-a non-b hepatitis? E.G. comparing this hepatitis relative to hepatitis-A. Better yet. Are there databases out there that one can get this type of info from? Thanks in advance and please MAIL info via ....!ihnp4!sask!hardie
werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (01/13/85)
> Has anyone out there got info on non-a non-b hepatitis? E.G. comparing this > hepatitis relative to hepatitis-A. Better yet. Are there databases out > there that one can get this type of info from? Glad this came up. I was going to post the following eventually anyway, but now it seems relevant. Non-A non-B Hepatitis is a generic name for any type of hepatitis that can not be linked to either one of the two known viruses (i.e. A or B) It is currently the most common form of hepatitis world-wide and there have been no advances towards a vaccine in the absence of a known cause, although a third virus was detected. Recently, an article and paper appeared in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, entitled: ^(Dec 14 '84 252/22) International Findings point to Third Hepatitis Virus (article) Epidemic non-A non-B Hepatitis in Nepal (paper, p. 3140) It appears that a new virus, call it C, is a retrovirus (as is HTLV-3, the virus that causes AIDS) meaning that it has a different life cycle of normal viruses in that it becomes part of the cells it infects permanently and does not kill them, along with many other differences. I realize that this does not answer the question that was actually asked, but its something worth knowing. Perhaps looking at the references in the paper might provide a clue where to look, however. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!
friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) (01/14/85)
In article <1093@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes: >> Has anyone out there got info on non-a non-b hepatitis? E.G. comparing this >> hepatitis relative to hepatitis-A. Better yet. Are there databases out >> there that one can get this type of info from? > > Glad this came up. I was going to post the following eventually >anyway, but now it seems relevant. > Non-A non-B Hepatitis is a generic name for any type of hepatitis >that can not be linked to either one of the two known viruses (i.e. A or B) >It is currently the most common form of hepatitis world-wide and there have >been no advances towards a vaccine in the absence of a known cause, although a >third virus was detected. > > I have my own small addition, I tested positive for "hepatitis" last summer, but negative for A/B. I eventually discovered I had mononucleosis. Thus non-A/B hepatitis can also be a secondary symptom of some other disease. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|burdvax|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen