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Studies on the Geographical Distribution of Australia Antigen*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Swadesh Seth
Swadesh Seth*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India
*
P.O. Box 1423, Delhi 110006, India

Abstract

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The world distribution of the Australia antigen, the agent responsible for hepatitis in man, is reviewed on the basis of the available literature, with the addition of a personal research on a sample of German donors.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 24 , Issue 1-2 , January 1975 , pp. 127 - 130
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1975

Footnotes

*

This study was conducted during the author's tenure at the various laboratories in Bonn and Lübeck in 1972-73 on leave of absence from University of Delhi.

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