Viral Hepatitis.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Melnick, Joseph L.; Dreesman, Gordon R.; Hollinger, F. Blaine
- Source
- Scientific American; Jul77, Vol. 237 Issue 1, p44-52, 9p, 3 Black and White Photographs, 5 Diagrams, 2 Graphs
- Subject
- VIRAL hepatitis
HEPATITIS A
HEPATITIS B
MEDICAL research
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368733
The article presents the developments in the epidemiology and immunology study of viral hepatitis in the U.S. Viral hepatitis is a term that is generally reserved for acute infections of the liver. Hepatitis A and hepatitis B is the two distinct viruses responsible for the disease. Baruch S. Blumberg of the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discovers that a serum sample from an Australian aborigine contained an antigen that reacted with an antibody in the serum of an American hemophilia patient.