Where can I find the early history of hepatitis C, from '78 to now?

I'm trying to compile a history of this disease to find out when it first was detected, and when it became widely tested for


(especially in the military).

Where can I find the early history of hepatitis C, from '78 to now?
it isn't tested in the military, hepatitis c is GIVEN in the military- along with many school aged children in the mid 70's!! VIA JETSHOT GUN!


I will see if I still have the story about HCV, but it goes back way way before 78!


Going to see if I can find it in my files. Will post back later! TAHDAH! Found it. 1965, but I know my doctor said it is even older than that...I thought 30's for sure. Oh well, the hcv is gone but I still have brain fog!





After the discovery of the Hepatitis B virus in 1965, blood banks began testing for this common blood-borne virus, and the blood pool was cleared of virtually all units capable of transmitting Hepatitis B infection. Even so, about 10% of patients receiving two or more units of blood continued to be infected with a virus which came to be known as non-A, non-B. The Hepatitis A virus is not blood-borne, and causes a limited illness after exposure to contaminated food. Hepatitis B, still a major health problem in many parts of the world, was no longer in the blood supply. For this reason the name non-A, non-B hepatitis was applied to this puzzling illness. Over the next 20 years, scientists sought to identify this second blood-borne virus without success. In 1989, through the use of advanced molecular biology techniques, the main non-A, non-B virus was identified and is now known as Hepatitis C. There may be other viruses remaining, but it appears that Hepatitis C, an RNA-containing virus, accounts for more than 90% of the cases of post-transfusion hepatitis which had remained unidentified. Initially, testing for the virus consisted of looking for antibodies which patients make when they have had the infection for several weeks. This is not an ideal test system since occasional patients in the early phases of the disease may remain unidentified; however, antibody tests currently identify virtually all patients found by other means to be chronically infected with this virus.
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