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NANB [2 records]

Record 1 1997-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

Hepatitis in humans apparently caused by an as-yet uncharacterized retrovirus or retrovirus-like agent. Diagnosis continues to depend on serological exclusion of hepatitis A and B viruses, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus.

Key term(s)
  • non-A hepatitis
  • non-B hepatitis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Hépatite, souvent post-transfusionnelle, au cours desquelles les recherches des virus A et B sont négatives.

CONT

Jusqu'à leur découverte en 1989 et en 1990, les virus VHC et VHE étaient classés parmi les hépatites non-A non B (NANB).

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viral Diseases
CONT

Only one study has examined the natural history of and long-term mortality from transfusion-associated NANB hepatitis. Seef and colleagues examined 568 patients with posttransfusion NANB hepatitis (more than 90% were anti-HCV-positive) and two control groups totaling 984 patients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies virales

Spanish

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