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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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Autores principales: Fasola, Foluke Atinuke, Fowotade, Adeola A, Faneye, Adedayo O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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