PERSISTENCE OF AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN
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1961

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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 5ody
of the figure.
(from Blumberg

et a

1,6#? )

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