NOVA

Season 7, Episode 1

Episode Title: The Elusive Illness

Air Date: 1980-01-15

Overview:

Aborigines in Australia, woodchucks in Pennsylvania, the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and the gay community in New York City—what could possibly link such disparate elements? The answer is Hepatitis. NOVA examines this elusive disease, what causes it, how it is spread and how you get rid of it.