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Studies on the Australia antigen

R. AnanthakrishnanA. Arndt-hanserH. Walter

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AdultElectrophoresisAdolescentBlack PeopleIndiaBiologyWhite PeopleHepatitis B AntigensAntigenLeprosyGeneticsmedicineHumansChildGenetics (clinical)AgedHepatitisLepromatous leprosyIncidence (epidemiology)Middle AgedHepatitis Bmedicine.diseaseGenetics PopulationPhenotypeAngolaImmunologyWest bengalLeprosy

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Australia antigen typings on leprosy and control samples from West Bengal (India) and Angola (Africa) showed a considerably higher incidence of this antigen in lepromatous lepers as compared with other types of this disease resp. controls. By this the findings of Blumberg et al. (1967) in the Philippines could be confirmed. The possible reasons for this observations are discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00273469