Non-A, non-B hepatitis: hepatitis C.

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Autor(a) principal: de Moura, M C
Data de Publicação: 1990
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: Non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANB), whether following the transfusion of blood products or occurring sporadically without percutaneous exposure, is complicated in approximately 50% of cases by the development of chronic hepatitis. Emerging as a consistent observation is the insidious progression of such cases of chronic NANB hepatitis to cirrhosis. Among patients with chronic NANB hepatitis followed for up to 10 years, cirrhosis is demonstrable in 20%. In May, 1988, the identification of the agent of NANB hepatitis was described by Houghton and colleagues of the Chiron Corporation. Hepatitis C, a 10,000 nucleotide single-stranded RNA virus with properties similar to those of flavivirus, was identified by developing a cDNA library from the genetic material in a chimpanzee inoculum of high infectivity and locating a clone which elaborated a virus-specific protein. Serologic evidence for HCV infection can be detected in 60-90% of cases of transfusion-associated hepatitis and 50% of cases of sporadic NANB hepatitis. Antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) can be detected in 30% of chronic hepatitis B, in 10-46% of alcoholic cirrhosis, in 40-70% of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma HBsAg negative and in 0-83% of patients with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis. Assays for HCV antigen will require technology more sensitive such than current immunoassays, such as the polymerase chain reaction. The introduction into blood banks of a screening test for anti-HCV is expected to reduce the risk of transfusion-associated NANB hepatitis and is highly recommended.
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spelling Non-A, non-B hepatitis: hepatitis C.Hepatite não-A, não-B: hepatite C.Non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANB), whether following the transfusion of blood products or occurring sporadically without percutaneous exposure, is complicated in approximately 50% of cases by the development of chronic hepatitis. Emerging as a consistent observation is the insidious progression of such cases of chronic NANB hepatitis to cirrhosis. Among patients with chronic NANB hepatitis followed for up to 10 years, cirrhosis is demonstrable in 20%. In May, 1988, the identification of the agent of NANB hepatitis was described by Houghton and colleagues of the Chiron Corporation. Hepatitis C, a 10,000 nucleotide single-stranded RNA virus with properties similar to those of flavivirus, was identified by developing a cDNA library from the genetic material in a chimpanzee inoculum of high infectivity and locating a clone which elaborated a virus-specific protein. Serologic evidence for HCV infection can be detected in 60-90% of cases of transfusion-associated hepatitis and 50% of cases of sporadic NANB hepatitis. Antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) can be detected in 30% of chronic hepatitis B, in 10-46% of alcoholic cirrhosis, in 40-70% of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma HBsAg negative and in 0-83% of patients with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis. Assays for HCV antigen will require technology more sensitive such than current immunoassays, such as the polymerase chain reaction. The introduction into blood banks of a screening test for anti-HCV is expected to reduce the risk of transfusion-associated NANB hepatitis and is highly recommended.Non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANB), whether following the transfusion of blood products or occurring sporadically without percutaneous exposure, is complicated in approximately 50% of cases by the development of chronic hepatitis. Emerging as a consistent observation is the insidious progression of such cases of chronic NANB hepatitis to cirrhosis. Among patients with chronic NANB hepatitis followed for up to 10 years, cirrhosis is demonstrable in 20%. In May, 1988, the identification of the agent of NANB hepatitis was described by Houghton and colleagues of the Chiron Corporation. Hepatitis C, a 10,000 nucleotide single-stranded RNA virus with properties similar to those of flavivirus, was identified by developing a cDNA library from the genetic material in a chimpanzee inoculum of high infectivity and locating a clone which elaborated a virus-specific protein. Serologic evidence for HCV infection can be detected in 60-90% of cases of transfusion-associated hepatitis and 50% of cases of sporadic NANB hepatitis. Antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) can be detected in 30% of chronic hepatitis B, in 10-46% of alcoholic cirrhosis, in 40-70% of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma HBsAg negative and in 0-83% of patients with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis. Assays for HCV antigen will require technology more sensitive such than current immunoassays, such as the polymerase chain reaction. The introduction into blood banks of a screening test for anti-HCV is expected to reduce the risk of transfusion-associated NANB hepatitis and is highly recommended.Ordem dos Médicos1990-08-31info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/4574oai:ojs.www.actamedicaportuguesa.com:article/4574Acta Médica Portuguesa; Vol. 3 No. 4 (1990): Julho - Agosto; 209-12Acta Médica Portuguesa; Vol. 3 N.º 4 (1990): Julho - Agosto; 209-121646-07580870-399Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/4574https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/4574/3592de Moura, M Cinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-12-20T11:03:50Zoai:ojs.www.actamedicaportuguesa.com:article/4574Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:18:55.158834Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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Hepatite não-A, não-B: hepatite C.
title Non-A, non-B hepatitis: hepatitis C.
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description Non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANB), whether following the transfusion of blood products or occurring sporadically without percutaneous exposure, is complicated in approximately 50% of cases by the development of chronic hepatitis. Emerging as a consistent observation is the insidious progression of such cases of chronic NANB hepatitis to cirrhosis. Among patients with chronic NANB hepatitis followed for up to 10 years, cirrhosis is demonstrable in 20%. In May, 1988, the identification of the agent of NANB hepatitis was described by Houghton and colleagues of the Chiron Corporation. Hepatitis C, a 10,000 nucleotide single-stranded RNA virus with properties similar to those of flavivirus, was identified by developing a cDNA library from the genetic material in a chimpanzee inoculum of high infectivity and locating a clone which elaborated a virus-specific protein. Serologic evidence for HCV infection can be detected in 60-90% of cases of transfusion-associated hepatitis and 50% of cases of sporadic NANB hepatitis. Antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) can be detected in 30% of chronic hepatitis B, in 10-46% of alcoholic cirrhosis, in 40-70% of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma HBsAg negative and in 0-83% of patients with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis. Assays for HCV antigen will require technology more sensitive such than current immunoassays, such as the polymerase chain reaction. The introduction into blood banks of a screening test for anti-HCV is expected to reduce the risk of transfusion-associated NANB hepatitis and is highly recommended.
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