Hepatitis B antigen (HBAg) infection in a hemodialysis unit. I. HL-A8 and immune response to HBAg.
A total of 28 hemodialysis patients and 23 healthy individuals working in close association with the patients or their blood samples were found to possess either HBAg (22) or anti-HBAg (29). HL-A typing revealed the lack of HL-AB in the group with anti-HBAg, suggesting that the immune response to HBAg may be negatively associated with HL-AB.
D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001782:Blood Donors; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D000906:Antibodies; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens