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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in Kenyans with chronic liver disease
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 70, No. 5-6, Year 1976
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Description
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 detected in 77% of the patients with chronic persistent or chronic aggressive hepatitis, or cirrhosis confirmed by liver biopsy, compared with 15% in a control group. All six patients with hepatocellular carcinoma had detectable hepatitis B surface antigen or antibody. 50% of the controls had hepatitis B surface antibody in their plasma detectable by haemagglutination. Auto-immune associated liver disease appeared infrequent. The possibility that the hepatitis B virus is an important cause of cirrhosis in Kenya is discussed. © 1976.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pettigrew, Norman M.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Bagshawe, Antonia F.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Cameron, Helen Mc D.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Cameron, Colin H.
United Kingdom, London
Middlesex Hospital London
Dorman, J. M.
United Kingdom, London
Middlesex Hospital London
MacSween, Roderick Norman Mciver
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Western Infirmary
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(76)90130-9
ISSN:
00359203
Research Areas
Cancer
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Locations
Kenya