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The Occurrence of Antibody Markers of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in an HBsAg‐Negative Blood Donor Population
Author(s) -
Katchaki J. N.,
Waart M.,
Siem T. H.,
Brouwer R.,
Schuurs A.H.W.M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1979.tb02262.x
Subject(s) - hbsag , antibody , virology , infectivity , medicine , population , hepatitis b virus , immunology , hepatitis b , immunoassay , virus , environmental health
. Anti‐HBs, anti‐HBc and anti‐HBe were tested in blood donors negative for HBsAg by radio‐ and enzyme‐immunoassay. In this population 6.4% of the donors were positive for at least one type of antibody to HBV: 4.0% for anti‐HBs, 2.3% for anti‐HBc and 4.3% for anti‐HBe. Two sera (0.2%) were exclusively positive for anti‐HBc, eight sera (2.2%) were weakly positive only for anti‐HBe. Further studies of the infectivity of such samples might be of interest.