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Low rate of occult hepatitis B virus infection among anti-HBc positive blood donors living in a low prevalence region in Brazil.
J Infect
July 2005
Center of Scientific and Tecnological Development, State Foundation for Productivity and Research for Public Health, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the rate of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among blood donors living in a geographic region of low (5.6%) anti-HBc prevalence.
Subjects And Methods: Sera from 150 candidate blood donors whose blood was rejected due to total anti-HBc reactivity (despite absence of HBsAg) were tested for anti-HBs and IgM anti-HBc antibodies, as well as for HBeAg/anti-HBe.