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Assessment of hepatitis B surface antigen negative blood units for HBV DNA among replacement blood donors in a hospital based blood bank in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus infection is one of the greatest threats to blood safety all over the world. The laboratory algorithm based on only the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) leaves a gap for infected HBsAg negative donors to donate blood during the “window period” (WP) and l...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Makerere Medical School
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35222576 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v21i3.22 |