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Occult hepatitis B in Egyptian thalassemic children

Author(s) -

Olfat Shaker,

Amal Ahmed,

Inas Abdel Satar,

Hamza El Ahl,

Wafaa Gh. Shousha,

Wahid Doss

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1706

Subject(s) - occult , medicine , thalassemia , hepatitis , virology , pathology , alternative medicine

Thalassemia is hereditary anemia which requires lifelong transfusion as treatment, and hepatitis viral infection is one of the risks of repeated transfusions. Hepatitis B outbreaks in health-care settings are still a serious public health concern worldwide. Blood samples negative for HBsAg but positive for HBV-DNA, with or without the presence of HBV antibodies, are classified as "occult" HBV infection (OBI). This study investigated the prevalence of occult HBV infection in Egyptian thalassemic children.

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