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Abstract:
The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was studied in 103 cases of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS), 134 control cases with a variety of illnesses including hepatointestinal schistosomiasis, and 600 blood donors, in an area endemic for both schisfosomiasis and viral hepatitis. The patients with HSS proved to be persistent carriers for HBsAg in a significantly higher proportion than the other two groups of cases. The HSS cases who were carriers of HBsAg had more clinical signs of chronic liver disease and strikingly more chronic inflammation of the portal spaces on liver biopsy. It is suggested that abnormal immunological responses in patients with HSS makes them more susceptible to become carriers of HBsAg and that the addition of this injurious factor makes their basic disease worse, and may be responsible for the development of cirrhosis in some cases.
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