PERSISTENCE OF AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN
1
37

1958 |
*

1959 1

See
ey

"

961
. Salita
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|

1962 |
ae
ta

1963 |
“See

*

1964 |

1965 |

arate

oo

72

94
B02
805
oe
WwW
a

NUM

831

2 84)

hg

42
RONGELAP

845
875
aa!

PRESENT

ABSENT
Figure

NOT TESTED
1

Studies on the persistence of Australia antigen in blood samples
collected serially from apparently normal individuals on Rongelap.
The subject numbers are shown on the left.
The reactions of sera
collected in the years indicated at the top are given in the body
of the figure.
(from Blumberg

et a1,64?)

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