Hepatitis B surface antigen in urine of renal transplant recipients

L. Kaiser, T. J. Kelly, M. J. Patterson, T. V. Sanchez, R. S. Shapiro, G. H. Mayor

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Abstract

Persons exposed to HBsAg seropositive patients or their secretions are well known to be at increased risk of developing hepatitis B; however, the public health risks posed by transplant patients with potentially infective urine have been ignored. The infectivity of HBsAg-positive urine can be argued by analogy, as HBsAg-positive saliva has been shown to be infectious in animals. The authors believe that finding HBsAg in a large fraction of single urine samples from chronic serum HBsAg carriers after transplantation and nephrectomy has important public health implications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)783-784
Number of pages2
JournalUnknown Journal
Volume94
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981
Externally publishedYes

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