Acute non-A-E hepatitis in the United States and the role of hepatitis G virus infection

Article Abstract:

The hepatitis G virus (HGV) does not appear to cause chronic hepatitis and does not worsen the course of hepatitis caused by other viruses. This was the conclusion of a study that tested for HGV in people with hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or non-A-E hepatitis. The virus was found in 9% of those with non-A-E hepatitis, 20% of those with hepatitis C, 25% of those with hepatitis A and 32% of those with hepatitis B. None of the non-A-E hepatitis patients infected with HGV developed chronic hepatitis. HGV was first isolated in 1995.

Health aspects, Development and progression, Hepatitis, Viral, Viral hepatitis, Hepatitis viruses

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The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1988 through 1994

Article Abstract:

An estimated 4 million Americans are infected with the hepatitis C virus and 2.7 million are chronically infected, according to blood tests on 21,241 people participating in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination between 1988 and 1994. The biggest risk factors in this sample of people were illegal drug use and risky sexual practices. Poverty, lack of education and being divorced or separated were also risk factors.

Statistical Data Included, Statistics, Hepatitis C

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