Hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) in wild triatominae in Brazil
A total of 3,200 impressions were fixed on filter paper and were identified as containing human blood obtained from blood-sucking arthropods of the Triatoma and Panstrongylus genre. The impressions were then examined for the presence of the hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg). The immunodifusion technique s...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1980 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/22994 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/22994 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Hepatitis B antigens Triatomidae Gel diffusion tests Radioimmunoassay Hepatite B (HBsAg) Triatomíneos Imunodifusão Radioimunoensaio |
| Sumario: | A total of 3,200 impressions were fixed on filter paper and were identified as containing human blood obtained from blood-sucking arthropods of the Triatoma and Panstrongylus genre. The impressions were then examined for the presence of the hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg). The immunodifusion technique showed that 12 impressions were presumably HBsAg positive, but the radioimmunoassay technique only confirmed 7 positive results. The positive samples were all obtained from Triatoma infestans nymphae. |
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