Seroprevalence of Hepatitis A in Maltese adults

The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) within the adult population of Malta. Serum from blood coincidentally taken for non-acute investigations in patients aged 20 - 85 visiting St. Luke’s Hospital over a three month period in 1996 (n = 320) was retrieved and tested for anti-HAV antibodies by Enzyme Immunoassay. The results obtained from these tests showed seroprevalence levels of anti-HAV antibody. Maltese adults fall into a pattern normally associated with low to intermediate prevalence countries.peer-reviewe

The order of the automorphism group of a binary qq-analog of the Fano plane is at most two

It is shown that the automorphism group of a binary $q$-analog of the Fano plane is either trivial or of order $2$.Comment: 10 page