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An outbreak of infectious hepatitis investigated using radioimmunoassays for hepatitis A virus antibody

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

S. J. Skidmore ,
S. S. Bakhshi ,
R. Beedle  and
J. Kimberley
S. J. Skidmore
Affiliation:
Regional Virus Laboratory, East Birmingham Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5ST
S. S. Bakhshi
Affiliation:
Environmental Health Department, 120 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2EZ
R. Beedle
Affiliation:
Environmental Health Department, 120 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2EZ
J. Kimberley
Affiliation:
Environmental Health Department, 120 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2EZ
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An outbreak of suspected infectious hepatitis in a primary school was investigated using sensitive diagnostic methods for hepatitis A. A total of 116 sera from children were tested for the presence of both IgM and IgG antibodies to hepatitis A (HAV). The results were compared to those obtained for samples from a control school. IgG antibodies were present in 45 % and 10% of the children in the outbreak and control schools respectively.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 351 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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