Prevalence of hepatitis B virus core antibodies among blood donors in Nigeria: Implications for blood safety

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus core antibodies among blood donors in Nigeria: Implications for blood safety

Background: Anti-hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) testing improves transfusion safety by detecting past and current hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection while detecting hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in serology-negative HBV infection. However, occult HBV infection (OBI) (serum or liver HBV DN...

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Main Authors: Foluke A. Fasola, Adeola A. Fowotade, Adedayo O. Faneye, Adeyeni Adeleke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2022-07-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:
anti-hbc antibodies
donors
blood safety
hbv dna
occult hbv
Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/1434

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