RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An epidemiological study of haemagglutination in hepatitis
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 494
OP 496
DO 10.1136/jcp.15.6.494
VO 15
IS 6
A1 McArthur, James R.
A1 Crowley, Nuala
YR 1962
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/15/6/494.abstract
AB An epidemiological study of 36 U.S. Marines living in a barracks and exposed to infectious hepatitis was made, and the ability of their sera to agglutinate day-old chick erythrocytes was found to be abnormally high in 52·8% of the group. The other groups of American Servicemen similarly exposed showed no such deviation from the normally expected incidence of raised titres. An unexplained, abnormally high incidence of raised titres was found in several control groups. The titres appeared to be unaffected to any significant degree by gamma globulin prophylaxis or yellow fever immunization.