title: The incidence of hepatitis B antigen in blood donors in Port Harcourt.
abstract: The Sera of 887 asymtomatic volunteer donors were subjected to a haemagglutination screening technique (Hepanosticon Test) for the detection of Australian B Antigen (HBAg). Forty-one of these Sera were strongly positive and two were positive giving an incidence 4.6% which is higher than previously reported incidence. The implication of these findings is discussed.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital, Port Harcourt.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ibiama
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens