美《纽约时报》1979年8月16日报道:美国流行病学家指出,具有最高死亡率的肝炎正在北卡罗来纳州蔓延。北卡罗来纳州对此已进行调查,了解是否有新的病毒性肝炎毒株产生。至8月15日为止,9名18～26岁的病毒性肝炎病人中,已有6名死亡,这些人自7月12日以来在北卡罗来纳州的新伯恩住院治疗。最后一人在8月7日死去。疾病的传播与病人通过污染的针头或用注射器注射非法药物有关。爆发流行的死亡率为67％,而美国、欧州及澳大利亚医生报告的乙型肝炎(与新伯恩地区流行的肝炎类 The U.S. New York Times reported on August 16, 1979: U.S. epidemiologists point out that hepatitis with the highest mortality rate is spreading in North Carolina. North Carolina has conducted a survey to see if any new viral hepatitis strains are produced. As of August 15, six out of nine patients aged 18-26 who have had viral hepatitis have been hospitalized since July 12 in New Bern, North Carolina. The last person died on August 7. The spread of the disease is linked to the patient’s passing of contaminated needles or injecting illegal drugs with syringes. The prevalence of the outbreak was 67%, while hepatitis B reported by physicians in the United States, Europe and Australia (similar to those reported in New Bern