Hepatitis-B surface antigen and cirrhosis in Iraq

Gut. 1976 Feb;17(2):119-21. doi: 10.1136/gut.17.2.119.

Abstract

Hepatitis-B surface antigen was found in 58% of 64 patients with cirrhosis in Iraq using counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIE), radioimmunoassay (RIA), and three commercial haemagglutination tests--Auscell (Abbott Laboratories), Hepatest (Wellcome Reagents Ltd.), and Hepanosticon (Organon Teknika). CIE detected about half as many positives as the other methods; RIA was the most sensitive. The number of positive reactions was much higher than in any previously reported series of patients with cirrhosis and seven times higher than in a normal hospital control population.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Counterimmunoelectrophoresis
  • Female
  • Hemagglutination Tests
  • Hepatitis B Antigens* / analysis
  • Humans
  • Iraq
  • Liver Cirrhosis / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radioimmunoassay

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Antigens