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EPIDEMIC HEPATITIS B CAUSED BY COMMERCIAL HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN
- Source :
- The Lancet. 313:1074
- Publication Year :
- 1979
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1979.
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Abstract
- An epidemic of acute hepatitis B followed the administration of human immunoglobulin to members of the staff of a mission hospital in India and their families. Jaundice developed in 123 (38%) of 325 persons inoculated. Hepatitis-B surface antigen was detected in three of the batches of immunoglobulin which were available for testing.
- Subjects :
- Counterimmunoelectrophoresis
medicine.medical_specialty
Immunoglobulins
India
Disease Outbreaks
Human immunoglobulin
Antigen
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
biology
business.industry
General Medicine
Jaundice
Hepatitis B
medicine.disease
Virology
Immunology
biology.protein
medicine.symptom
Antibody
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 313
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Lancet
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d08b8267569ba4c3c2c5973a6c29f29a