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The prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection among the blood donors in a donation center in Beijing.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jun 2024
Wang Rui, Xue Xiao-Nan, Xiao Yan, Liu Yi, Yu Yang
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Occult HBV infection (OBI) remains a potential threat for blood safety. The prevalence of OBI was investigated in a blood donation center of Chinese PLA General Hospital to improve HBV blood safety. 229446 samples from blood donors were screened by two different enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. 78 samples were HBV DNA positive among 212134 ELISA nonreactive donor samples. The prevalence of OBI was...
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