title: Hepatitis-B surface antigen and cirrhosis in Iraq.
abstract: Hepatitis-B surface antigen was found in 58% of 64 patients with cirrhosis in Iraq using counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIE), radioimmunoassay (RIA), and three commercial haemagglutination tests--Auscell (Abbott Laboratories), Hepatest (Wellcome Reagents Ltd.), and Hepanosticon (Organon Teknika). CIE detected about half as many positives as the other methods; RIA was the most sensitive. The number of positive reactions was much higher than in any previously reported series of patients with cirrhosis and seven times higher than in a normal hospital control population.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens