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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
HBsAG POSITIVE REACTIVITY IN MAN NOT DUE TO HEPATITIS B VIRUS
The Lancet, Volume 330, No. 8572, Year 1987
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Description
A viral infection characterised by serum HBsAg positivity with serum anti-HBc negativity has been encountered in Senegal. The infection is not associated with the presence of HBeAg, so it differs from hepatitis B virus in its core antigen, but the surface antigen of the two viruses share some epitopes. After the loss of HBsAg, neither anti-HBc nor anti-HBs becomes detectable. Anti-HBs, naturally acquired or produced by immunisation, does not protect against this new infection. Chronic carriage occurs. If this new infection is confirmed to cause chronic liver disease, hepatitis B vaccine should include surface antigen from the new virus. © 1987.
Authors & Co-Authors
Coursaget, Pierre L.
Unknown Affiliation
Bourdil, Claude
France, Tours
Institut de Virologie de Tours
Adamowicz, Philippe
France, Val-de-reuil
Pasteur Vaccins
Chotard, Jacques
France, Tours
Institut de Virologie de Tours
Mar, I. Diop
Senegal, Dakar
Facultéde Médecine et de Pharmacie
Yvonnet, Bernard
France, Tours
Institut de Virologie de Tours
Mevelec, M. N.
France, Val-de-reuil
Pasteur Vaccins
Barrès, Jean Luc
France, Tours
Institut de Virologie de Tours
Senegal, Dakar
Facultéde Médecine et de Pharmacie
N'Doye, R.
Senegal, Dakar
Facultéde Médecine et de Pharmacie
Chiron, Jeanpaul
France, Tours
Institut de Virologie de Tours
Statistics
Citations: 91
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(87)91255-4
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Senegal