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The diversity of chronic hepatitis B virus infections within blood donors in England and North Wales 2005 through 2010.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2013
Rosenberg Gillian K, Lattimore Sam, Brailsford Susan R, Hewitt Patricia E, Tettmar Kate I, Kitchen Alan D, Ijaz Samreen, Tedder Richard S
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BACKGROUND: In 2010 hepatitis B virus (HBV) was the most frequently detected infection in UK blood donation screening, typically found in first-time, male, chronically infected donors born abroad. To date there has been no comprehensive characterization of the virologic profile of these infections. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Epidemiologic and serologic data were collected retrospectively for 344 chronically...
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