流行性肝炎巳往被称为卡他性黄疸,是由病毒引起的具有黄疸及发热的一种急性传染病。因为本病常有各种不同程度的黄疸症狀,因而长久以来和伴有黄疸的钩端螺旋体病(魏耳氏病)混淆不清,有一个时期竟被称为包特金—魏耳氏病。1888年包特金氏首次认为它是一种急性的传染性疾病,因此本病又名包特金氏病。 Epidemic hepatitis has long been known as catarrhal jaundice and is an acute infectious disease with jaundice and fever caused by the virus. Because this disease often has varying degrees of jaundice symptoms, it has long been confused with leptospirosis (Weir’s disease) associated with jaundice, and for some time actually been referred to as the bout of gold - . For the first time, Bagutin recognized it as an acute contagious disease in 1888, so this disease is also known as the Boutinger’s disease.