Viral Hepatitis

Gust ID . The epidemiology of viral hepatitis. In: Vyas GN eds. Viral hepatitis and liver disease. Orlando: Grune & Stratton, 1984:415–21.

Tandon BN Joshi YK Jain SK. An epidemic of nonA nonB hepatitis in north India. Indian J Med Res 1982;75:739–44.

Khuroo MS. Study of an epidemic of nonA nonB hepatitis: Possibility of another human hepatitis virus distinct from post-transfusion nonA nonB type. Am J Med 1980;68:818–24.

Rizetto M Canese MG Arico S Immunofluorescence detection of a new antigen-antibody system (delta/anti-delta) associated with hepatitis B virus in liver and in serum of HBbsAg carriers. Gut 1977;18:997–1003.

Hadler SC de Monzon M Ponzetto A An epidemic of severe hepatitis due to delta virus infection in Yucpa Indians in Venezuela. Ann Intern Med 1984;100:339–44.

Lednar WM Lemon SM Kirkpatrick JW Redfield RR Fields ML Kelley PW. Frequency of illness associated with hepatitis A virus infection in adults. Am J Epidemiol 1985;122:226–33.

Hoofnagle JH. Chronic type B hepatitis. Gastroenterology 1983;84:422–3.

Hilleman MR McAleer WJ Buynak EB McLean AA. Quality and safety of human hepatitis B vaccine. In: Developments in biological standardisation . Proceedings of the 2nd International IABS/WHO symposium on viral hepatitis.Basel: Karger, 1983:54:3–12.

Ryder RW Whittle HC Wojiecowsky T . Screening for hepatitis B virus markers is not justified in West African transfusion centres. Lancet 1984;ii:449–52.

Chu C-M Karayiannis P Fowler MJF Mongiardino J Liaw Y-F Thomas HC. Natural History of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Taiwan: Studies of HBV DNA in serum. Hepatology 1985;5:431–4.

Ayoolo EA. Vaccination against hepatitis B in Nigerian children. Trials of reduced dose and intradermal vaccine. J Trop Pediatr 1985;31:253–6.

Zuckerman AJ. New hepatitis B vaccines. Br Med J 1985;290:492–6.