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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
Serologic evidence now confirms epidemiologic evidence that human immune serum globulin (ISG) protects susceptible patients from hepatitis A provided it is administered prior to exposure to the virus. In two wards of young patients housed at the Lynchburg (Virginia) Training School and Hospital for the mentally retarded, 44 out of 60 patients had no detectable antibody to hepatitis A prior to an epidemic which took place there in 1970; 12 of 19 non-immunized susceptible patients contracted the disease, while only four of 25 patients receiving ISG developed hepatitis. These four were probably infected with the virus prior to ISG administration. Of the 16 patients with pre-existing antibody, none showed any signs of symptoms of hepatitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Protective effect of immune serum globulin (ISG) against hepatitis A infection in a natural epidemic.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.