Acute Hepatitis

Research conducted at National Taiwan University has provided new information about acute hepatitis

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 7th, 2008

"The correlation of HBV genotype with clinical outcome has been recognized in chronic hepatitis B patients. However, there are few reports on the distribution and clinical significance of HBV genotypes in acute hepatitis B patients," researchers in Taipei, Taiwan report.

"Nineteen acute hepatitis B patients were identified and their HBV genotypes were determined. The serological and clinical data were thus compared between patients with different HBV genotypes. Two HBV genotypes (B and C) were found in the patients. Genotype B was more predominant than genotype C (12 us. 7). The age, serum alanine aminotransferase level, serum alpha-fetoprotein level, and serum HBV DNA...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-07-07)

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