《New Scientist》1984;104(1427):5。令人迷惑不解的第三种肝炎病毒可能已被发现。本周的《Lancet》报告,在一组男性同性恋和静脉注射药物成瘾者中,发现了逆转录病毒或逆转录病毒特征样因子。研究人员认为,在美国约90％的肝炎病例与输血血液内的C肝炎因子有关。据发现此病毒的美国和瑞典的研究人员称,很快将可能有办法从输注的血液中除去此病毒,并即将发明一种疫苗,进一步降低这种重要而通常为致命性的疾病的发病率。美国食品和药物管理局以及瑞典哥德堡大 New Scientist 1984; 104 (1427): 5. The puzzling third hepatitis virus may have been found. This week’s Lancet reports that retroviral or retroviral signature-like factors were found in a group of gay and intravenous drug addicts. Researchers believe about 90% of hepatitis cases in the United States are associated with C-factor transfusions in the bloodstream. According to researchers in the United States and Sweden who found the virus, it may soon be possible to remove the virus from infused blood and to invent a vaccine to further reduce the incidence of this important but often fatal disease rate. US Food and Drug Administration and Gothenburg, Sweden