01095nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653002700065653003300092653001100125653001200136653000900148100001900157700001500176700001900191245006100210300000900271490000700280050003200287520052000319022001400839       1983                            d  c1983 Jan10aAdult10aHemagglutination Tests10aHepatitis B Surface Antigens10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale1 aBalakrishnan S1 aBhatia V N1 aHarikrishnan S00aHepatitis-B-surface antigen (HBsAg) in leprosy patients.  a45-80 v55  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The detection of the presence of Hepatitis-B-Surface antigen (HBsAg) using Indirect Haemagglutination technique (IHA) was carried out in 134 Lepromatous Leprosy cases (LL), 22 Lepromatous Leprosy cases during ENL reaction (LL with ENL), 24 Borderline leprosy (BL) cases, 7 Borderline Tuberculoid cases (BT) and 31 control subjects. The maximum percentage positivity of 32% was seen in cases with LL as compared to 6.2% in controls. The difference was found to be statistically significant (P less than 0.01).</p>  a0024-1024