TY - JOUR T1 - Hepatitis B carrier state produced by a blood transfusion. JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 851 LP - 852 DO - 10.1136/jcp.33.9.851 VL - 33 IS - 9 AU - J Nagington AU - T G Wreghitt AU - R S Tedder AU - D S Dane Y1 - 1980/09/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/33/9/851.abstract N2 - A renal transplant patient was infected by a transfusion of blood from a chronic carrier of hepatitis B and he also became a symptomless carrier. Stored sera enabled detailed retrospective measurement of the rate of decline of passively transferred HBsAg, anti-HBc, and anti-HBe. Active HBsAg production was detected after two months and anti-HBc after six months; neither HBe nor anti-HBe was actively produced although there were many 42 nm HBV particles in the patient's serum. ER -