Abstract 209 sera collected from healthy individuals living in a rural area approximately 50
miles from Nairobi were tested by immune adherence haemagglutination for hepatitis A …

A random survey of hepatitis B antigen in a rural community in Kenya is reported. The results
showed the development of antigenaemia during the third year of life. The highest …

METHODS Maps were prepared of both study areas and a population census carried out in
the entire Ahero ricefield area and in seven randomly selected gwengs in West Kano. In the …

The prevalence of hepatitis B (Australia) antigen (HBAg) in 38 941 apparently healthy
persons of various ethnic groups living in the Transvaal was determined by countercurrent …

To investigate the possibility that differences in prevalence rates of hepatitis A antibody in
Senegalese and Gambian children was due to the sensitivity of different techniques, serum …

In a seroepidemiological study of the population of a rural area in northern Zaire, markers of
hepatitis A and B were determined. Examinations of serum specimens (n= 142) showed that …

Fifty Kenyan patients with chronic liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma were tested for
hepatitis B surface antigenaemia by radioimmunoassay. The hepatitis B surface antigen was …

A total of 343 sera from Balinese subjects in different age groups and geographic locations
were tested by radioimmunoassay (RIA) for serum antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen …

Abstract Serum samples from 418 Papua New Guineans living in two highland districts
(altitude 1400-1800 metres) were tested for hepatitis B antigen by the technique of immune …

The age specific prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody was studied among
a random sample of Nauruans over the age of 10 years. Overall, 79% of subjects showed …