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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1970 March; 19(3): 521-526
Copyright © 1970 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Description of a Viral Agent Found in Blood Obtained from Patients with Infectious Hepatitis

Phoenix Laboratories, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85014

ABSTRACT

A small, double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid viral agent (agent Y) has been found in blood from patients with infectious hepatitis. The agent was propagated in chimpanzee liver tissue culture which had been grown and maintained on unheated agamma calf serum. A causal relationship between this agent and the occurrence of human disease cannot be determined from the data presented.

¹ Present address: Fort Collins Laboratories, Ecological Investigations Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Fort Collins, Colo. 80521.