Abstract
A renal transplant patient was infected by a transfusion of blood from a chronic carrier of hepatitis B and he also became a symptomless carrier. Stored sera enabled detailed retrospective measurement of the rate of decline of passively transferred HBsAg, anti-HBc, and anti-HBe. Active HBsAg production was detected after two months and anti-HBc after six months; neither HBe nor anti-HBe was actively produced although there were many 42 nm HBV particles in the patient's serum.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Alter H. J., Seeff L. B., Kaplan P. M., McAuliffe V. J., Wright E. C., Gerin J. L., Purcell R. H., Holland P. V., Zimmerman H. J. Type B hepatitis: the infectivity of blood positive for e antigen and DNA polymerase after accidental needlestick exposure. N Engl J Med. 1976 Oct 21;295(17):909–913. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197610212951701. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Cohen B. J., Cossart Y. E. Application of a screening test for antibody the hepatitis B core antigen. J Clin Pathol. 1977 Aug;30(8):709–713. doi: 10.1136/jcp.30.8.709. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]