Open AccessFrequency of hepatitis B virus-DNA among hepatitis B surface-Ag negative, anti-hepatitis B core antibody-positive blood donors in Yazd, Iran
Author(s) -
Mahtab Vaziri,
Hayedeh Javadzadeh Shahshahani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_155_18
Subject(s) - medicine , antibody , virology , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , antigen , titer , antibody titer , immunoassay , immunology , virus
The diagnosis of hepatitis B infection in most blood transfusion centers is based on hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen detection by an enzyme immunoassay method. This study aimed to determine the frequency of hepatitis B core (HBc) antibody, HBs antibody, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA among HBs antigen-negative healthy blood donors of Yazd province, Iran.