Anti-hepatitis B core antigen testing with detection and characterization of occult hepatitis B virus by an in-house nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Behrampur, Ganjam, Orissa in southeastern India: implications for transfusion

Panigrahi, Rajesh; Biswas, Avik; Datta, Sibnarayan; Banerjee, Arup; K Chandra, Partha; K Mahapatra, Pradip; Patnaik, Bharat; Chakrabarti, Sekhar; Chakravarty, Runu

doi:10.1186/1743-422x-7-204

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Anti-hepatitis B core antigen testing with detection and characterization of occult hepatitis B virus by an in-house nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Behrampur, Ganjam, Orissa in southeastern India: implications for transfusion

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Authors:

Rajesh Panigrahi

Avik Biswas

Sibnarayan Datta

Abstract

Abstract Background Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection might transmit viremic units into the public blood supply if only hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) testing is used for donor screening. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of occult HBV infection among the HBsAg negative/antiHBc posi...

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