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A comparative study of antibody titres to nine common viruses has been carried out in hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen-positive and -negative chronic active liver disease. The results show that increased titres of antibody to morbilli virus by complement fixation and to rubella by haemagglutination inhibition are found in HBs antigen-negative but not in HBs antigen-positive chronic active liver disease. There was a significant association of increased morbilli but not of rubella virus antibody titres with the presence of high-titre nuclear antibodies (ANA) but no association with smooth-muscle antibody or the presence of HLA-B8.

This article1 was originally planned as a brief report on a survey carried out amongst the 1970 class of graduates in social work at the University of Queensland. I was prompted to explore some of the factors involved in the graduates' choices of employment after having had discussions with the head of one of the State Government agencies in Brisbane. The agency head felt that he was not able to recruit new graduates because of the well-known workload carried by social workers in the agency, and because of the attractions of the bright lights of Sydney and Melbourne.