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Hepatitis A virus hemagglutination and a test for hemagglutination inhibition antibodies

K H Eckels1, P L Summers, D R Dubois

  • 1Department of Biologics Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307-5100.

Like enteroviruses, hepatitis A virus (HAV) hemagglutinated various species of erythrocytes under similar conditions. HAV-specific antibodies in both acute- and convalescent-phase sera were found to inhibit hemagglutination. The HAV hemagglutination inhibition test can be used for diagnosis, epidemiological surveillance, and vaccine assessment.

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