波士顿Brigham和妇女医院T B Strom著文:1977年,Pirson及其同事在比利时报告,肾移植前或移植后血中乙型肝炎表面抗原(HBsAg)阳性的肾衰竭患者的肝衰竭死亡率增高五倍。同时,欧洲有肾衰竭的40～50％病人为HBsAg阳性。相比之下,在美国的医院和北美其它医院使用简单的预防措施后,HBsAg携带者的比例则较低(<5％)。大多数病毒性肝炎的病例都是非甲非乙型。在Brigham和妇女医院,大约800例肾移植受者 TB Strom, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston: In 1977, Pirson and colleagues in Belgium reported a five-fold increase in mortality from liver failure in patients with renal failure who had positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) before or after transplantation . Meanwhile, 40 to 50% of patients with renal failure in Europe are HBsAg positive. In contrast, the proportion of HBsAg carriers was lower (<5%) after simple precautions were taken in hospitals in the United States and other North American hospitals. Most cases of viral hepatitis are non-A non-B type. At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, there are about 800 kidney transplant recipients