Bid to combat hepatitis
(N.Z.P.A. -Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, March 28.
Scientists have found a way to immunise people against serum hepatitis which may control the disease in the way the Salk vaccine virtually ended poliomyelitis. The New York University Medical Centre, says that it considers the work of Dr Saul Krugman and his associates to be “ a significant accomplishment towards the development of a vaccine for the control of the disease, much a$ poliomyelitis has been controlled by vaccines.”
Dr Krugman, a professor and chairman of the department of paediatrics at the centre, disclosed his findings at a lecture.
Serum hepatitis is an inflamation of the liver caused by the transfusion of contaminated blood or plasma, and by the use of poorlysterilised hypodermic needles and other medical equipment It can also be passed on by an infected person. It is distinguished from infective hepatitis, which is caused by contaminated food and water.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32567, 29 March 1971, Page 10
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