Detection and characterization of hepatitis B virus of anti-hepatitis B core antigen-reactive blood donors in Quebec with an in-house nucleic acid testing assay.

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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can be detected in blood donations by many serologic markers. Since the introduction of routine anti-hepatitis B core antigen (HBc) donor screening at Héma-Québec in April 2003, a large number of donors have been deferred on the basis of reactive anti...

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