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. 1972 Mar 10;236(5341):78-81.
doi: 10.1038/236078a0.

Australia antigen as a marker of propagation of the serum hepatitis virus in liver cultures

A J Zuckerman, P M Baines, J D Almeida

Australia antigen as a marker of propagation of the serum hepatitis virus in liver cultures

A J Zuckerman et al. Nature. .

Abstract

ATTEMPTS to isolate the human hepatitis viruses in tissue culture have resulted in a collection of “hepatitis-candidate” viruses, none of which has since been shown to be the causal agent of human hepatitis1. The discovery of Australia antigen provided a specific serological marker of infection with or carriage of the serum hepatitis virus, although the nature of the antigen remains unsettled2.

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