Anti-hepatitis B core antigen testing with detection and characterization of occult hepatitis B virus by an in-house nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Behrampur, Ganjam, Orissa in southeastern India: implications for transfusion

Anti-hepatitis B core antigen testing with detection and characterization of occult hepatitis B virus by an in-house nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Behrampur, Ganjam, Orissa in southeastern India: implications for transfusion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection might transmit viremic units into the public blood supply if only hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) testing is used for donor screening. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of occult HBV...

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Main Authors: Panigrahi Rajesh, Biswas Avik, Datta Sibnarayan, Banerjee Arup, Chandra Partha K, Mahapatra Pradip K, Patnaik Bharat, Chakrabarti Sekhar, Chakravarty Runu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/7/1/204

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