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Characterization of occult hepatitis B virus infection from blood donors in China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2011
Zheng Xin, Ye Xianlin, Zhang Ling, Wang Wenjing, Shuai Lifang, Wang Anqi, Zeng Jinfeng, Candotti Daniel, Allain Jean-Pierre, Li Chengyao
Abstract excerpt
Prevalence and characteristics of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) of genotypes B and C prevalent in China have not been extensively explored. Characterization of OBI strains obtained from Chinese blood donors was based on clinical and serological analyses, follow-up testing, and sequence analyses. Twenty-eight samples from 165,371 HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative plasmas were confirmed HBsAg...
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