Rethinking The Mechanism Underlying The Well-Documented Efficacy Of Hepatitis A Vaccine

Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types - those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on whether it is in a host or in the environment. "The whole universe of virology is divided into two types of viruses - viruses that are enveloped and viruses that are not enveloped...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news