Hepatitis B antigen in viral hepatitis in West London.

British medical journal ·Vol. 3 ·No. 5923 ·1974-07-13 ·Pages 83-6

Farrow LJ, Lamb SG, Coghill NF, Lindon RL, Preece J, Zuckerman AJ, Stewart JS

Abstract

During the first 12 months of a total population survey 249 patients were seen with viral hepatitis. A total of 215 of these were tested for hepatitis B antigen (HB Ag) by radioimmunoassay and 32 (15%) were positive.More than five times as many men (27) as women (5) were HBAg positive and 19 of the men were between the ages of 20 and 39 years. There were only four drug addicts among those tested, two of whom were positive, as were two of the four patients who were tattooed.Sixty out of 86 children (under 15 years) were tested for HBAg and none was positive.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Alanine Transaminase/blood Alkaline Phosphatase/blood Antigen-Antibody Reactions Bilirubin/blood Child Child, Preschool Female Hepatitis A/epidemiology,etiology,immunology Hepatitis B Antigens/analysis Humans Infant Jaundice London Male Middle Aged Radioimmunoassay Sex Factors

Chemicals

Hepatitis B Antigens Alanine Transaminase Alkaline Phosphatase Bilirubin

Authors & Affiliations

7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Farrow L J

Lamb S G

Coghill N F

Lindon R L

Preece J

Zuckerman A J

Stewart J S

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Article Info

Journal

British medical journal

Abbr.

Br Med J

ISSN

0007-1447

DOI

10.1136/bmj.3.5923.83

Published

1974-07-13

Pages

83-6

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372673

PMCID

PMC1611092

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5923.83 PMC Full Text

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