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THE prevalence of Australia Au(1) antigen in apparently healthy individuals is high in the tropics and low in temperate climates1. Genetic factors have been incriminated1; but Prince2 suggested that insects might be vectors. This study was undertaken to find out the role of the common bloodsucking mosquitoes in Ibadan, Nigeria, in the transmission of Au(1) antigen.
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Blumberg, B. S., Sutnick, A. I., and London, W. T., Amer. J. Med., 48, 1 (1970).
Prince, A. M., Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 19, 872 (1970).
Bedariga, G., Trinchieri, G., and Carbonara, A., Hematologica, 54, 591 (1969).
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SMITH, J., OGUNBA, E. & FRANCIS, T. Transmission of Australia Au(1) Antigen by Culex Mosquitoes. Nature 237, 231–232 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237231a0
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