The Impact of Positive Anti-HBC Marker on Permanent Deferral of Voluntary Blood Donors in Eastern Croatia and Estimation of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection Rate
Recently an increase has been reported in the number of HBV transmissions from anti-HBc positive blood donors that were repeatedly negative in HBsAg and nucleic acid testing using the most sensitive tests available. The aim of the study was to show the effect of anti-HBc antibody testing performed i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sestre Milosrdnice University hospital, Institute of Clinical Medical Research
2020-01-01
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Series: | Acta Clinica Croatica |
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Online Access: | https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/351965 |