High Frequency Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Detected in Non-Resolved Donations Suggests the Requirement of Anti-HBc Test in Blood Donors in Southern China

High Frequency Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Detected in Non-Resolved Donations Suggests the Requirement of Anti-HBc Test in Blood Donors in Southern China

BackgroundMost Chinese Blood Centers adopted mini pool (MP) nucleic acid testing (NAT) for HBV screening due to high cost of Individual donation (ID) NAT, and different proportions of MP-reactive but ID-non-reactive donations (MP+/ID−, defined as non-resolved donations) have been observed during dai...

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Main Authors: Xianlin Ye, Yu Zhao, Ran Li, Tong Li, Xin Zheng, Wen Xiong, Jinfeng Zeng, Min Xu, Limin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
blood safety
occult hepatitis B infection
nucleic acid testing
anti-HBc
minipool
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.699217/full

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