山形県永井市近郊で流行した肝炎の原因と長期予後の検討

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A retrospective follow up study was performed for a prevailing hepatitis probably due to HCV in Nagai city and its vicinity.<BR>Investigation of the causative virus of an acute epidemic hepatitis from 1967-1972 in Nagai city vicinity in Yamagata prefecture and its long-term prognosis were performed. From 1967 to 1972, 118 patients with acute hepatitis were treated in Nagai Municipal Hospital.<BR>To 44 among those patients liver batteries including tests for HBsAg, HBsAb, HBcAb, and anti-HCV were undertaken, revealing 16 abnormal patients (43.2%). 10 of the 16 patients were liver biopsied, revealing 6 patients with liver cirrhosis, 2 patients with chronic active hepatitis, and 2 chronic inactive hepatitis. Anti-HCV were proved in the above 16 patients all of whom also abnormal liver batteries.<BR>The above results may strongly suggest that these patients most likely suffered from HCV infection.
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