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Membrane-complement Fixation Test for Hepatitis Associated Antigen

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WE describe here an analytical test for hepatitis associated antigen (HAA)1, originally called the Australia, antigen2 or S.H. antigen3, that combines the advantages of the Ouchterlony technique3 in its simplicity, the complement fixation technique4 in its sensitivity, and the electrophoretic technique5 in its rapidity and accuracy.

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  1. The Blood Research Institute, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts

    CALVIN A. SARAVIS

  2. the Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Sears Surgical Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    CALVIN A. SARAVIS

  3. Behringwerke AG, Marburg, Germany

    LUDWIG BONACKER

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SARAVIS, C., BONACKER, L. Membrane-complement Fixation Test for Hepatitis Associated Antigen. Nature 228, 61–62 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228061a0

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