01573nas a2200349   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001800080653001000098653001100108653002500119653002300144653001100167653002000178653002600198653001000224653001200234653000900246653001600255100001500271700001800286700001400304700001800318245004700336856008300383300001000466490000700476520072600483022001401209       1973                            d  c1973 May10aAdolescent10aAdult10aCarrier State10aChild10aFemale10aHepatitis B Antigens10aHospitals, Special10aHumans10aImmunodiffusion10aImmunoelectrophoresis10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged1 aKelkar S S1 aNiphadkar K B1 aKhare P M1 aJunnarkar R V00aHepatitis B antigen in a leprosy hospital.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2482943/pdf/bullwho00178-0044.pdf  a555-80 v483 a<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>  a0042-9686