Non-A, non-B post-transfusion hepatitis

Lancet. 1977 Mar 12;1(8011):560-2. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(77)91996-1.

Abstract

To clarify the role of hepatitis-A virus (H.A.V.) in the aetiology of post-transfusion hepatitis unrelated to hepatitis-B virus, we have tested and titred pre-transfusion and convalescent serum samples from 32 patients for antibody to hepatitis-A antigen (anti-HA) by quantitative immune adherence haemagglutination. 12 patients had no detectable anti-HA in either pre-transfusion or late convalescent serum; the other 20 had anti-HA in pretransfusion serum and no significant chance in titre during convalescence. This study excludes H.A.V. as the agent responsible for these cases of post-transfusion hepatitis and supports the existence of "non-A, non-B" hepatitis virus(es).

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Antigens, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Hemagglutination Tests
  • Hepatitis A / microbiology
  • Hepatitis B / microbiology
  • Hepatitis B Antigens / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis B virus / immunology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / etiology*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / microbiology
  • Hepatovirus / immunology
  • Immune Adherence Reaction
  • Transfusion Reaction*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Hepatitis B Antigens