Cianciara J, Swiderska H, Slusarczyk J, Loch T. Clinical and immunological studies on healthy blood donors hepatitis B antibody carriers.
Vox Sang 1977;
33:88-92. [PMID:
302063 DOI:
10.1111/j.1423-0410.1977.tb02238.x]
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Abstract
Ten healthy blood donors persistently seropositive for anti-HBs and without a history of clinically overt viral hepatitis were studied. While physical examination and biochemical liver function tests exhibited normal values in all cases, immunologic studies revealed coexistence of a long-term anti-HBs carrier state with the presence of cell-mediated immunity to HBV antigens and autoantibodies in some. These results suggest a complex immunologic phenomenon underlying the development of the anti-HBs carrier state.
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