Viral Hepatitis

Abstract

RECENT articles concerning infections of the liver by viral agents^{1 , 2} have reviewed with great detail present-day concepts of such infections. The purpose of the present report is to summarize briefly the studies published during 1947 and the early part of 1948 on infectious hepatitis and homologous serum hepatitis.Owing to the fact that no laboratory animals have been found to be susceptible to hepatitis virus, human volunteers still form the only source of experimental tests designed to furnish additional information regarding the etiologic agent or agents. As a result, modern knowledge of the virus of hepatitis is based on extremely . . .