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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Foluke A. Fasola (लेखक), Adeola A. Fowotade (लेखक), Adedayo O. Faneye (लेखक), Adeyeni Adeleke (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: AOSIS, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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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...