Distribution of Subtypes of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Western India

1 April 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Vox Sanguinis

Vol. 36 (4) , 199-200
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1423-0410.1979.tb04424.x

Abstract

HBsAg [hepatitis B surface antigen] subtype distribution of 105 positive samples showed 91.4% as ay type. The ay was predominant in different disease conditions, healthy [human] carriers and post-transfusion hepatitis. The prevalence of ay in the Bombay sample is in contrast to the predominance of ad reported from North India. These findings may suggest multifocal infection in different regions of India.

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