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ABO Blood Groups and Hepatitis B Antigen and Antibody
Author(s) -
Vale T. G.,
Thomas H. N.,
Hawkes R. A.,
Kelly A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1974.tb03136.x
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , medicine , antibody , antigen , immunology , hepatitis b , hemagglutination , virology , hepatitis , population , environmental health
Summary: Sera from 836 natives from the Sepik District of New Guinea were tested for Hepatitis B antigen and antibody by the passive haemagglutination technique and ABO grouped. Results show that not only was there no association between blood groups and Hepatitis B antigen carriers, but also that there was no relationship between blood groups and those susceptible to infection by the Hepatitis B antigen‐associated virus as estimated by the summation of antigen and antibody positives in the population studied.