Understanding Hepatitis
and the Appropriate Barrier Protection

What About the Hepatitis F Virus? The studies done on hepatitis F (HFV) are inconclusive. It is believed that this is an enteric virus, which is unclassified. It is non-enveloped with 25-35nm icosahedral particles, containing a double strand of DNA.104 In 1994, it was reported that viral particles had been isolated in the stool of post-transfusion, non-A, non-B, non-C, and non-E hepatitis cases. The particle was then injected into Indian rhesus monkeys, which presumably caused a hepatitis that was subsequently named hepatitis F. Unfortunately, other researchers were unable to confirm these findings in subsequent studies. The viral particles classified as HFV were “incidental”; thus, researchers believe there is no clear evidence of HFV.92

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