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Hepatitis B Antigen—A Survey in a Major Metropolitan Hospital
Author(s) -
Luey K.
Publication year - 1977
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.1445-5994.1977.tb04403.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b , hepatitis , antigen , immunology , pediatrics
Summary:Hepatitis B antigenmdash;a survey in a major metropolitan hospital . K. Luey, Aust N.Z. J. Med ., 1977, 7 , pp. 394–399. The prevalence of hepatitis B antigen in blood donors in the Wellington Hospital region is 0.27%. A retrospective survey of 66 persons found by the Wellington Hospital Laboratory to be hepatitis B antigen positive between September, 1971 and August, 1975, showed that over this period there has been a consistent decline in the number of new antigen positive cases found per year. This appears to be due to a decline in the numbers originating in the renal unit. A liver biopsy was taken in only one case and this showed chronic persisting hepatitis. Apart from the renal unit, high risk patients and staff are not tested regularly for hepatitis B antigen. Regular testing of laboratory staff and patients and staff of the cardiothoracic and haematology departments is recommended