Screening Blood Donors for Australia Antigen Carriers at the Broussais Hospital

Sex differences in response to hepatitis B infection among patients receiving chronic dialysis treatment.

“…In most populations the prevalence of chronic carriers of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is greater in males than females. This sex difference was reported in 1966 by Blumberg et al in three tropical populations (1) and subsequently confirmed by many investigators in studies of blood donor populations (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8), various hospitalized and non-hospitalized populations (9-11), kidney transplant and chronic hemodialysis patients (12), and residents of institutions for the mentally retarded (13,14). Some exceptions to this pattern have been observed (9), including a study in Greece in which the frequency of detection of the surface antigen of HBV (HBsAg) was higher (but not significantly) in fenales (15).…”