From June 1979 to December 1984 a study was made of the frequency and causes of acute hepatitis, including the fulminant form, in Boca do Acre municipality, in the extreme southwestern corner of the Amazon Basin of Brazil. ...

A pesquisa do antígeno Au no soro de pessoas residentes ao longo do rio Purus, Estado do Amazonas, mostrou-se positiva em 17,9% dos indivíduos com hepatite ou história de hepatite, e em 5,1 % dos indivíduos sem história ...