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Subtypes of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) in Blood Donors in Kumamoto, Japan
Author(s) -
Maeda Mitsuyoshi,
Katsuki Kazuko,
Araki Motoomi,
Hinuma Yorio
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
japanese journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0021-5139
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1974.tb00837.x
Subject(s) - hbsag , public health , medicine , clinical microbiology , family medicine , virology , hepatitis b virus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , nursing , virus
possible antigenic combinations, adw, adr, ayw and ayr. The last subtype has been found very rarely [1, 3, personal communication from Le Bouvier, G. L., Bancroft, W. H., and Holland, P. V.]. Since little is known concerning the distribution of the subtypes of HBsAg in Japan [4, 7], we have investigated the incidence of these four subtypes in HBsAg-positive plasmas in Kumamoto, located at the southern Japan. One hundred and thirty-two HBsAg-