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Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:32
[Virology] The emergence of hepatitis C infection - please help
Author: biostudent
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:32
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:32
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Hi people, I'm doing a piece of work at university which asks me to explain the "emergence of hepatitis C infection and show how human activities have contributed to its transmission across the centuries". Try as I might I cannot find any journals or information about the history of hepatitis C except its discovery in 1989, which I already know about. It must have been around for centuries in different countries etc... Can anyone give me any titles of appropriate journals or give me any search tips. Seems really hard to find. Many thanks for any help -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/The-emergence-of-hepatitis-C-infection---please-help-tp20078175p20078175.html Sent from the Bio.net - Virology mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: [Virology] The emergence of hepatitis C infection - please help
Author: bob
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:18
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:18
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:32:50 -0700 (PDT), biostudent <mp00010@surrey.ac.uk> wrote: > >Hi people, > >I'm doing a piece of work at university which asks me to explain the >"emergence of hepatitis C infection and show how human activities have >contributed to its transmission across the centuries". > >Try as I might I cannot find any journals or information about the history >of hepatitis C except its discovery in 1989, which I already know about. It >must have been around for centuries in different countries etc... > >Can anyone give me any titles of appropriate journals or give me any search >tips. It would help if you gave an idea of what you have tried. So let's start at the beginning. You've searched PubMed for something like hepatitis C history ?? The number of hits may be large, so you might choose "reviews". Of course, you can vary that search. "transmission" might be a good term. You know that Hep-C used to be called non-A non-B -- before the C virus was actually isolated? I am surprised you can't figure out how it used to be transmitted by reading recent info, even in textbooks, on how it is now transmitted. "Emergence" is tricky. Look how hard it has been to figure out how HIV emerged in humans -- and this is rather recent. You'll need to try to trace it as best you can, learn about other hosts, and then somehow suggest a story. Some thoughts to start with. bob
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