New hepatitis viruses: Contenders and pretenders

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Following the development of tests for hepatitis C virus and hepatitis E virus infection, it became clear that there remained cases of hepatitis that were non-A-E. Such cases provided impetus for the search for additional hepatitis viruses and, by using molecular techniques, several candidates were identified. An enteric agent responsible for sporadic non-A and non-E hepatitis was tentatively called hepatitis F...

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