Dienstag J L, Gust I D, Lucas C R, Wong D C, Purcell R H
Lancet. 1976 Mar 13;1(7959):561-3. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)90358-5.
7 members of a family of 14 developed acute viral hepatitis approximately one month after a family outing. Epidemiological investigation incriminated incompletely cooked mussels (Mytilus edulis) as the vehicle of infection and revealed a statistically significant difference in attack-rates between mussel-ingesters (70%) and non-ingesters (0%) (P=0-035). The aetiological role of hepatitis-A virus, suspected on epidemiological grounds, was serologically confirmed by the demonstration of rises in titres of serum-antibody to hepatitis-A antigen (serologically related to the MS-1 strain of hepatitis-A virus), determined by immune adherence haemagglutination.
一个14口之家的7名成员在一次家庭郊游约一个月后患上了急性病毒性肝炎。流行病学调查认定未熟透的贻贝(紫贻贝)为感染媒介,并显示食用贻贝者(70%)和未食用者(0%)的发病率存在统计学上的显著差异(P = 0.035)。基于流行病学依据怀疑的甲型肝炎病毒的病因学作用,通过免疫粘连血凝试验测定血清中抗甲型肝炎抗原抗体(与甲型肝炎病毒MS - 1株血清学相关)滴度升高得到血清学证实。