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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
Anti-HBs monoclonal antibodies radioimmunoassay (m-RIA) and HBV-DNA hybridization techniques were used to detect HBs antigen (HBsAg)--associated determinants (evidence of HBV on-going infection) and HBV-DNA sequences (evidence of viral multiplication) in the serum samples of 479 patients who were HBsAg negative by standard solid-phase radioimmunoassay. They included 128 alcoholics, 104 patients with chronic hepatitis, fifty-four with an hepatocellular carcinoma, 100 with coagulation disorders and ninety-three blood donors. The aim of this study was the comparison in these populations of the prevalence of the various HBV markers. m-RIA detected HBsAg-associated determinants in 1% of blood donors, 3% of coagulation disorders, 3.1% of the alcoholics, 21.1% of chronic hepatitis and 16.6% of hepatocellular carcinoma; hybridization identified HBV-DNA sequences in 0.9%, 2.2%, 10.9%, 9.6% and 5.5% of these cases, respectively. The combined prevalence of both markers of an on-going HBV infection (with or without viral multiplication) was 14.16%, 26.9% and 22.2% in the latter groups, respectively, as compared with only 3% in patients with coagulation disorders and 2.1% of blood donors. These results confirm the frequency of HBV or HBV-related virus infection in alcoholics, in chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomas, despite the absence of HBsAg by standard RIA (or even of any other usual marker); this gives further evidence for variations in the expression of HBV infection. A high and quite similar prevalence of usual serum markers and hybridization results was observed in the alcoholics and in the patients with chronic hepatitis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-2972
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
515-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Alcoholism, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Blood Donors, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Hepatitis, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Hepatitis B, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Hepatitis B Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Hepatitis B virus, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:2828076-Radioimmunoassay
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Monoclonal anti-HBs antibodies radioimmunoassay and serum HBV-DNA hybridization as diagnostic tools of HBV infection: relative prevalence among HBsAg-negative alcoholics, patients with chronic hepatitis or hepatocellular carcinomas and blood donors.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité d'Hépatologie--INSERM U-99, Hôpital Laënnec, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't