PERSISTENCE OF AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN
1 19881 1959 t

1961

? 1962 | 1963 ! 1964 1

1965 |

94
B02
805

& 831
o

-

= asi
=<

om

|

842

RONGELAP

845
875
861
891
906
946

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 al, (4) )

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