Assessing Occult HBV Infection Risk: Serological Markers and HBV-DNA PCR in HBsAg-Negative Blood Donors in Ilorin, Nigeria
Rasheed Oladimeji Lambe, Kikelomo Olayemi Oyeleke, Suleiman Adebayo Nassir & Yusuf Olalekan Ahmed · International Journal of Research and Reports in Hematology · 2024
Introduction: Blood transfusion is essential in medicine but carries risks of blood transmission infections like the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). Research has revealed the existence of occult HBV infection where Individuals with no detectable HBsAg habor HBV DNA in their liver or blo...
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