Hepatitis b surface antigen (hb s ag) in peritoneal fluid of hb s ag carriers undergoing peritoneal dialysis | Zendy

Salo Richard J. | Zendy; Salo Ann A. | Zendy; Fahlberg Wilson J. | Zendy; Ellzey Joanne T. | Zendy

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Hepatitis b surface antigen (hb s ag) in peritoneal fluid of hb s ag carriers undergoing peritoneal dialysis

Author(s) -

Salo Richard J.,

Salo Ann A.,

Fahlberg Wilson J.,

Ellzey Joanne T.

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

journal of medical virology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782

H-Index - 121

eISSN - 1096-9071

pISSN - 0146-6615

DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890060105

Subject(s) - hbsag , peritoneal dialysis , medicine , ascitic fluid , virology , antigen , immunology , hepatitis b virus , ascites , virus

Samples of ascitic fluid and outflow dialysate were collected from HB s Ag carriers undergoing peritoneal dialysis and tested for HB s Ag by solid‐phase radioimmunoassy. The surface antigen was detected in every sample from HB s Ag carriers. This finding was not dependent upon the presence of occult blood in the sample. Surface antigen particles and possibly Dane particles were also observed in HB s Ag‐positive samples by immunoelectron microscopy. These results identify the outflow dialysate of HB s Ag carriers undergoing peritoneal dialysis as a potential source of hepatitis B virus transmission.

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