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Serologic classification of acute viral hepatitis at San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Philippines
N E Sy1, P S Macalagay, G P Paulino
1US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Manila, Republic of the Philippines.
Abstract:
Sixty-four out of 189 jaundiced patients at San Lazaro Hospital were defined as acute viral hepatitis cases. Of this number, 22 (34.4%) were positive for hepatitis A markers while 26 (40.6%) were positive for hepatitis B markers. Hepatitis D infection accounted for 1.6%, while non-A, non-B hepatitis accounted for 21.9%.