Rizzo S, Marino M S
Quad Sclavo Diagn. 1980 Dec;16(4):356-67.
The Authors present the actual knowledge about the hepatitis B associated antigen (HBsAg) and the now more used methodics for detection of its surface component (HBsAg); consequently they present the results of a screening executed between january 1976 and december 1979, directed to research the HBsAg into sera of 655 patients affected by various diseases, particularly liver diseases, using the reverse haemoagglutination test. With this technique, that is of very easy and rapid performance, together with a good sensibility (even though it gives a rather important deal of feigned positivity, yet these can be voidable by means of an adsorption test) the Authors have totally acquired a 8.7% of positive cases for HBsAg (with a majority of patients affected by liver diseases) and a 1.2% chronic carriers for this antigen.
作者介绍了关于乙型肝炎相关抗原（HBsAg）的实际知识以及目前更常用的检测其表面成分（HBsAg）的方法；因此，他们展示了在1976年1月至1979年12月期间进行的一项筛查结果，该筛查旨在使用反向血凝试验在655名患有各种疾病，特别是肝脏疾病的患者血清中检测HBsAg。通过这种操作非常简便快捷的技术，以及良好的敏感性（尽管它会产生相当数量的假阳性结果，但这些可以通过吸附试验消除），作者共检测出8.7%的HBsAg阳性病例（大多数患者患有肝脏疾病）以及1.2%的该抗原慢性携带者。
