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High Genetic Variability of Hepatitis B Virus in Blood Donors With Surface Antigen Positive But DNA Negative in Southern China.
Journal of medical virology - 1 May 2025
Ye Xianlin, Xu Xiaoxian, Dang Yinnan, Zeng Jinfeng, Xie He, Li Bin, He Baoren, Chen Limin
Abstract excerpt
In our previous studies, 45.2% of donations with HBV HBsAg reactive (+) by ELISA but negative (-) by NAT were confirmed to have HBV infections in Shenzhen Blood Center, China. However, the serological and molecular characteristics of this type of HBV infection remain unclear, and several donations with indeterminate results require further investigation. In this current study, blood donations with HBsAg...
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- Humans
- Blood Donors
- Hepatitis B virus
- Male
- Female
- China
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
