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The Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Infection among Blood Donors in Lagos, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: In occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV DNA is present in the blood or liver tissue in patients negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with or without anti-HBV antibodies. Thus, the absence of HBsAg in the blood only reduces the risk of transmission and is not suff...

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Autores principales: Akinbami, Akinsegun, Badiru, Mulikat, Uche, Ebele, Onyekwere, Charles, Ismail, Kamal, Olowoselu, Olusola, Oluwole, Esther, Suleiman, Aisha, Augustine, Benjamin, Olaosebikan, Hakeem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31413431
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nmj.NMJ_29_19

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