Are isolated anti-HBc blood donors in high risk group? The detection of HBV DNA in isolated anti-HBc cases with nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) based on transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) and HBV discrimination

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-268

  Altunay, Hüsnü ^b   Kosan, Erdogan ^b   Birinci, Ilhan ^c   Aksoy, Armagan ^d   Kirali, Kaan ^d   Saribas, Suat ^a   Aslan, Mustafa ^a   Yuksel, Pelin ^a   Alan, Esra ^b   Yenen, Osman Sadi ^c   Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Red Crescent Blood Center   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Red Crescent Society   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Isolated Anti HBc; Nucleic acid amplification test (NAT).

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649460458     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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