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Science 11 January 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4120, pp. 80 - 81
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4120.80
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Australia Antigen: Detection and Transmission in Shellfish

Paul Mahoney 1, Gerald Fleischner 1, Irving Millman 2, W. Thomas London 2, Baruch S. Blumberg 2, and Irwin M. Arias 3

1 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology-Liver Disease, New York 10461
2 Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Center for Cancer and Medical Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology-Liver Disease

Australia antigen was found in clams contaminated by drainage of untreated sewage from a coastal hospital. In closed-system aquariums, the antigen was ingested by clams and transmitted to previously uninfected clams. In opensystem aquariums, the titer of Australia antigen decreased with time, suggesting viral concentration rather than replication.


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