Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major risk of transfusion-transmitted infection due to the
pre-seroconversion window period (WP), infection with immunovariant viruses, and with …

Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI), alternatively defined as occult hepatitis B
(OHB), is a challenging clinical entity. It is recognized by two main characteristics: absence …

AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus
(HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among blood donors in Kolkata, Eastern …

AIM: To identify blood donors with occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) to promote
safe blood donation. METHODS: Descriptive cross sectional study was conducted on 3167 …

Objective To characterize hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology in countries of the Fertile
Crescent region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), namely Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon …

The serological pattern,“anti-HBc alone”, characterized by the presence of antibodies
against the core antigen of hepatitis B virus (anti-HBc) as the only marker of hepatitis B, is …

summary Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) in blood donors is considered as a potential risk for
transmission of HBV infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti …

Background: Screening for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) reduces the risk of
transfusion‐transmitted hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection. However, the absence of HBsAg in …

Blood screening by NAT for major transfusion transmitted viral infections (TTIs) was
originally intended to complement serology for detection of infected donations. Reports from …

Before 1970, approximately 6% of multi-transfused recipients acquired a transfusion-
transmitted Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The safety improvements since then have been …