Australia antigen,
1 an envelope antigen known as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), found in acute or chronic hepatitis B.
2 a serologic marker on the surface of the hepatitis B virus.
It is commonly referred to as the Australia Antigen. This is because it was first isolated by the American research physician and Nobel Prize winner Baruch S. Blumberg in the serum of an Australian Aboriginal person.It was discovered to be part of the virus that caused serum hepatitis by virologist Alfred Prince in 1968.
Heptavax, a "first-generation" hepatitis B vaccine in the 1980s, was made from HBsAg extracted from the blood plasma of hepatitis patients. Current vaccines are made from recombinantHBsAg grown in yeast.
Australia Antigen is just a strain of Hepatitis B.
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood screen for prostate cancer.
Its an agglutination test
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carcinoembryonic antigen, it is a tumor marker test.
The main difference between the Widal slide test antigen and the Widal tube test antigen lies in the method of reaction visualization. In the Widal slide test, the reaction is observed on a glass slide under a microscope, whereas in the Widal tube test, the reaction is seen in small test tubes. Both tests detect antibodies against specific Salmonella antigens, but differ in their setup and visual interpretation.
you might be suffering from typhoid fever as o antigen more than 100 and h antigen more than 200 are significant consult your doctor immediately for proper treatment dr.mahwash
yes. if you are having acute hepatitis with Australia antigen positive it can later become negative.
antibodies against the antigen
Antigen test for malaria parasite and peripheral smear for malarial parasite.
It is a blood test. Not a semen test.