Liver disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic renal
failure treated by dialysis and transplantation [1—101. Elevated serum alanine …

The genome of a non-A, non-B INANB, hepatitis virus was discovered recently using a
recombinant complementary DNA (cDNA) approach (1). It was termed the hepatitis C virus …

Many complications after renal transplantation can be prevented if they are detected early.
Guidelines have been developed for the prevention of diseases in the general population …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of transfusion-acquired non-A, non-B hepatitis.
HCV is an enveloped positive-sense RNA virus which has been classified as a new genus …

Background Although there are case reports of vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus
(HCV), it remains uncertain to what extent infected mothers transmit this virus to their infants …

Some individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) experience multiple episodes of
acute hepatitis. It is unclear whether these episodes are due to reinfection with HCV or to …

Patient H is an American patient who was infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1977. The
patient became chronically infected and has remained so for the past 13 years. In this study …

Processing of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) H strain polyprotein yields at least nine distinct
cleavage products: NH2-C-E1-E2-NS2-NS3-NS4A-NS4B-NS5A-NS5B-CO OH. As …

A strain of Listeria monocytogenes, isolated from a patient with meningoencephalitis, was
resistant to chloramphenicol, erythromycin, streptomycin, and tetracycline. The genes …

Background: To determine the frequency of individual histological findings in different types
of chronic hepatitis and to assess the sensitivity, specificity, and predictability of histological …