Failure to detect hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in certified shellfish from New England

R.S. Koff and L.J.D. Connelly

American Journal of Public Health, 1976, vol. 66, issue 2, 174-175

Abstract: In this study, hard- and soft shell clams harvested during a one year period from state approved (certified) clam beds in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island were tested for HB(s)Ag by radioimmunoassay. HB(s)Ag could not be detected in clam viscera. The role of bivalve mollusk ingestion in transmission of Hepatitis B remains speculative.

Date: 1976
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