01217nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002500055653001100080653001100091653001000102653001600112653000900128653002200137653002300159653001300182653001200195653001100207653002200218100001600240700001700256245009300273856005900366300001000425490000700435520045900442022001400901       1970                            d  c1970 Feb10aHepatitis B Antigens10aFemale10aBrazil10aAdult10aMiddle Aged10aMale10aLeukemia, Myeloid10aLeukemia, Lymphoid10aLeukemia10aleprosy10aHumans10aHepatitis B virus1 aSalzano F M1 aBlumberg B S00aThe Australia antigen in Brazilian healthy persons and in leprosyand leukaemia patients.  uhttps://jcp.bmj.com/content/jclinpath/23/1/39.full.pdf  a39-420 v233 a<p>The distribution of the Australia antigen was investigated in 633 white and negroid healthy persons, 218 white and negroid leprosy patients, and 50 white leukaemia patients. The subjects were living at the time of the investigation in two southern Brazilian cities. Two of the patients with leukaemia showed the antigen, as also did three out of 358 negro subjects, but no reactors were found among the healthy white subjects and leprosy patients.</p>  a0021-9746