| prevalence of antibody to hepatitis a and polioviruses in an unimmunized urban population. | a large group of sera collected in 1954-1955 from people living in the metropolitan area of melbourne, australia, was tested for neutralizing antibody to polioviruses 1,2 and 3 and for antibody to hepatitis a virus by solid phase radioimmunoassay. the age-specific prevalence of antibody to each virus was remarkable similar, being highest in the elderly and in persons of low socioeconomic status. antibody to each virus was acquired early in life, with more than half the population showing evidenc ... | 1978 | 203186 |
| the prevalence of antibody to hepatitis a virus in two populations in victoria. | sera collected from a group of 1053 victorians were tested for antibody to hepatitis a virus by solid phase radioimmunoassay. the group comprised approximately equal numbers of males and females of all ages, 488 of whom lived in melbourne and 565 in six provincial cities. in both the metropolitan and provincial groups, the prevalence of antibody to hepatitis. a virus was independent of sex and increased steadily with age. antibody was detected in approximately 20% of children by the age of 10 ye ... | 1977 | 205766 |
| prevalence of antibody to the hepatitis a virus in a large institution for the mentally retarded. | the prevalence of antibody to hepatitis a virus (anti-hav) was determined in 854 people living in a large institution for the mentally retarded in melbourne. altogether 638 (74.4%) of the subjects were found to have specific antibody detectable by solid-phase radioimmunoassay (spria). no difference in antibody prevalence was observed between males and females; however, the prevalence was higher among subjects with down syndrome (84.1%) than those of other forms of mental retardation (72.8%). in ... | 1978 | 215714 |
| how an outbreak of hepatitis a in melbourne led to the development of a vaccine. | | 1992 | 1335669 |
| an outbreak of hepatitis a among homosexual men in melbourne. | to describe an outbreak of hepatitis a virus (hav) infection that occurred in melbourne in 1991. | 1993 | 8387627 |
| exposure to hepatitis a virus among blood donors, injecting drug users and prison entrants in victoria. | to assess prevalence of exposure to hepatitis a virus (hav) among injecting drug users (idus) and prison entrants in victoria, and to compare this with prevalence of hav among a reference population of blood donors, sera stored from two previous studies and from randomly selected blood donors were tested for total antibody to hav. the first study was a longitudinal study of field-recruited idus from 1990 to 1992 and the second was a study of all prison entrants in 1991-92 (both studies were carr ... | 1997 | 9310932 |