title: [Australia antigen: biological and technical considerations (author's transl)].
abstract: The A. examines the constitution of Australia antigen by the point of view of the relevant groups, and exposes his own classification of these structures. After having dealed with some epidemiological data and with some diagnostic and physiopathologic aspects of the serum hepatitis, the A. describes the cautions that have been taken in IGEA Laboratory against the infection danger. The final part of this work is dedicated to a circumstantial report of Austria II radioimmunologic method with discussion and criticism about some technical data risen from a recent experiment carried out on about 3,000 serums. In particular, RIA method has been submitted to a series of quality controls to evaluate its sensitivity and specificity.
mesh_terms: D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
vernacular_title: Antigene Au: considerazioni biologiche e tecniche.