Australia Antigen and Hepatitis in Accra, Ghana

Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Northern Nigerian Blood Donors

“…Data from African countries are scanty. Morrow et al [1971] reported an incidence of HBsAg positivity of 1-6% in the donor population in Accra (Ghana). 11.6% of the blood donors from Ndola (Zambia) were positive for HBsAg [Islam et al, 1975], Reports from Israel [Barshany et al, 1972;Sandler et al, 1975;Barshany andNiggan, 1976] commented that there was a high incidence of HBsAg positivity amongst blood donors who came from Asian and North African countries as compared to Western countries.…”

Primary Hepatoma and Hepatitis-associated Antigen in a Young White Woman

“…In Australia it is most commonly associated with cirrhosis in chronic alcoholics, although in other Caucasian populations the incidence of hepatoma is higher in cirrhosis of the macronodular or postnecrotic type (MacDonald, 1957;Kew et al, 1791). In East Africans (Maynard et al, 1970;Bagshawe et al, 1971) and West Africans (Morrow et al, 1971) viral hepatitis is common, and is strongly associated with H.A.A. In these populations postnecrotic cirrhosis and of primary hepatoma are also much commoner than in Caucasians.…”