title: [Hepatitis A: antibody conversion under gamma globulin (author's transl)].
abstract: 55 soldiers of the Austrian UNO contingent to the Near East, stationed on the Golan Heights for 6 months were examined before and after their period of duty for hepatitis A antibodies and the liver specific enzymes GOT, GTP and gamma-GT were determined. All received prophylactic gamma globulin to prevent infectious hepatitis at a dosage of 0.05 ml/kg body weight before flying out and after three months. No cases of hepatitis occurred, but 4 sero-negative subjects displayed antibody conversion. No concomitant changes in the liver enzyme values were recorded, however. These findings are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase
vernacular_title: Hepatitis A: Antikörperkonversion unter dem Schutz von Gammaglobulin.