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Hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) in wild triatominae in Brazil
| Summary: | A total of 3,200 impressions were fixed on filter paper and were identified as containing human blood obtained from blood-sucking arthropods of the Triatoma and Panstrongylus genre. The impressions were then examined for the presence of the hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg). The immunodifusion technique showed that 12 impressions were presumably HBsAg positive, but the radioimmunoassay technique only confirmed 7 positive results. The positive samples were all obtained from Triatoma infestans nymphae. |
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| Main Authors: | Forattini, Oswaldo Paulo |
| Other Authors: | Otatti, S.; Candeias, J. A. N.; Vieira, J. G.; Rácz, M. L. |
| Subject: | Hepatitis B antigens Triatomidae Gel diffusion tests Radioimmunoassay Hepatite B (HBsAg) Triatomíneos Imunodifusão Radioimunoensaio |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | unknown |
| Associated institution: | IBICT |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Oasisbr |
| Summary: | A total of 3,200 impressions were fixed on filter paper and were identified as containing human blood obtained from blood-sucking arthropods of the Triatoma and Panstrongylus genre. The impressions were then examined for the presence of the hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg). The immunodifusion technique showed that 12 impressions were presumably HBsAg positive, but the radioimmunoassay technique only confirmed 7 positive results. The positive samples were all obtained from Triatoma infestans nymphae. |
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