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4689555

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1973-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Routine testing of all blood donations for hepatitis B antigen by counter-immunoelectrophoresis was started in April 1971. The frequency of HBAg carriers among apparently healthy volunteer blood donors in the Toronto Centre of the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service was 15 in 10,000 with a male:female ratio of 6:1. Excluding penitentiary inmates, the highest incidence was among young, male, non-Anglo-Saxon city dwellers.A system of notification of HBAg-positive donors was developed, through which a carrier is referred to a special clinic for clinical and pathological evaluation.A survey of hospital patients indicated an incidence of HB antigen 3.5 times that of our healthy donor population. A comparison of the number of post-transfusion hepatitis cases occurring before and after the commencement of routine testing for HBAg showed a marked reduction in reported cases in 1971.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-4409
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
570-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1973
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequency of hepatitis B antigen in blood donors.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article