The virus was discovered in 1996, but the information provided very little research is still underway to find out more. And information currently available may change with the emergence of research findings.
Modes of transmission
Through the blood, and may be much like a transmission of hepatitis C virus (c) Hepatitis C.
Percentage of occurrence and symptoms
Its incidence is estimated at 0.3% or 3 cases per 1000 cases of acute liver inflammation. It is believed that the cause of 900 to 2000 cases of viral infection per year, mostly without symptoms and that the rate of 90-100% of patients become chronically infected, but rarely causes disease in chronic severe disadvantages compared with other hepatitis viruses.
Ways of transmission - Blood transfusions or blood products
- Drug abuse by injection
- Coincided with the multiplicity of infection with hepatitis C virus (c) Hepatitis C
- Other ways (still unconfirmed or unknown)
Ways to prevent the spread of infection
Currently there are no instructions to be sure of the characteristics and causes of the virus, ways of transmission, and the development of easy ways to detect it.
