@article{12364,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Carrier State, Child, Female, Hepatitis B Antigens, Hospitals, Special, Humans, Immunodiffusion, Immunoelectrophoresis, India, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged},
  author = {Kelkar S S and Niphadkar K B and Khare P M and Junnarkar R V},
  title = {Hepatitis B antigen in a leprosy hospital.},
  abstract = {<p>A survey of hospital patients with lepromatous and with tuberculoid leprosy showed 5% of the former and 6.3% of the latter to be carriers of hepatitis B antigen. These findings contradict the hypothesis of a genetically determined predisposition; opportunity for infection appears rather to be the determining factor. It was also found that (1) the number of carriers was higher among patients staying longer in hospital; (2) titres of antigen in patients with lepromatous leprosy were higher than in those with tuberculoid leprosy or in controls; and (3) antigen titres measured twice at an interval of 4 months indicated that the carrying of hepatitis B antigen in patients with leprosy is stable and persistent.</p>},
  year = {1973},
  journal = {Bulletin of the World Health Organization},
  volume = {48},
  pages = {555-8},
  month = {1973 May},
  issn = {0042-9686},
  url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2482943/pdf/bullwho00178-0044.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}