Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)

Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)

226 volunteer donors and 320 cases of syphilis (with positive VDRL test) were screened for hepatitis B antigen (HBs Ag, Australia antigen). The incidence of hepatitis B antigen in these groups was 0.88% and nil respectively. The present data, though small in size do not indicate any posit...

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Main Authors: Shetty R, Bapat J, Joshi S, Baxi A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1977-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1977;volume=23;issue=4;spage=186;epage=188;aulast=Shetty
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spelling doaj-99a8d7af5448449997a8ab5004d5f60b2020-11-24T23:12:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Postgraduate Medicine0022-38590972-28231977-01-01234186188Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)Shetty RBapat JJoshi SBaxi A226 volunteer donors and 320 cases of syphilis (with positive VDRL test) were screened for hepatitis B antigen (HBs Ag, Australia antigen). The incidence of hepatitis B antigen in these groups was 0.88% and nil respectively. The present data, though small in size do not indicate any positive correlation between HBsAg and syphilis-as claimed by other workers.http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1977;volume=23;issue=4;spage=186;epage=188;aulast=Shetty
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Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)
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title Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)
title_short Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)
title_full Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)
title_fullStr Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)
title_sort hepatitis b antigen and venereal diseases (a preliminary study)
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
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0972-2823
publishDate 1977-01-01
description 226 volunteer donors and 320 cases of syphilis (with positive VDRL test) were screened for hepatitis B antigen (HBs Ag, Australia antigen). The incidence of hepatitis B antigen in these groups was 0.88% and nil respectively. The present data, though small in size do not indicate any positive correlation between HBsAg and syphilis-as claimed by other workers.
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