Over a seven-year period 18 of 125 patients who underwent renal transplantation
developed hepatitis. Acute hepatic necrosis occurred in two, chronic aggressive hepatitis …

Nearly one fifth of patients transfused with blood containing Australia antigen (Au (1)‐
positive blood) produced antibodies against the Au (1) antigen. The antibodies were also …

Systematic screening of 13,300 consecutively registered Danish voluntary blood donors
revealed 24 donors with persistent Au-antigenemia. None of these had any clinical signs of …

117 patients with acute or chronic hepatitis, 190 patients with liver cirrhosis, 50 patients with
hepatitis following mononucleosis infectiosa, and 114 healthy blood donors were examined …

Thirty-five of 186 recipients of renal transplants in a twenty-one month period were Australia
antigen positive at the time of transplantation. The Au antigen positive group was compared …

Thirty-eight cases of hepatitis affecting dialysis and transplant patients, medical personnel,
and one patient's spouse were recognized from March 1969 through July 1970. Dialysis …

Au (l) is associated statistically with acute hepatitis} 4, 23, 24, 89 It is for this reason that AU
(l) has also been referred to as hepatitis-associated antigen, hepatitis B antigen, SH antigen …

Immunodiffusion methods were used to test for the presence of Australia antigen in sera
from Australian patients. Antibody-containing sera for these tests were obtained from …

Transfusion of blood containing Australia antigen (Au) was followed by development of
hepatitis, Au antigenemia, or both in 52% of recipients. Another 23% of Au recipients …

This communication summarizes the literature on detection of the Australia antigen in
chronic liver disease. In 6 such series incorporating some 240 cases the antigen was found …