11.   In his crowning achievement, he unraveled the mysteries of viral hepatitis and helped defeat that family of debilitating diseases.

12.   New York Giants cornerback Phillippi Sparks will miss three to six weeks with non-infectious viral hepatitis, the team said.

13.   Phillippi Sparks, who was found to have viral hepatitis last week, and linebacker Marcus Buckley, who has had a hip injury, both practiced on Thursday.

14.   Rates of polio, diphtheria, tuberculosis, malaria and viral hepatitis were said to have sharply increased.

15.   Sparks missed the first two games of the season with viral hepatitis.

16.   The cause was acute viral hepatitis, the British newspaper The Independent reported.

17.   The Giants are hoping that the return of Sparks, who missed the first two games because of viral hepatitis, will help.

18.   The only automatic rule-outs are HIV and active viral hepatitis, he added.

19.   The only factors ruling out organ donation are HIV and active viral hepatitis, he added.

20.   Chua said Sunday about a million Malaysians may unknowingly be carriers of viral hepatitis.