Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen and occult hepatitis B virus infections in Korean blood donors
β Scribed by Dong Hee Seo; Dong Hee Whang; Eun Young Song; Hyun Soo Kim; Quehn Park
- Book ID
- 109146344
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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Of 1,801 Chinese subjects, age 1 to 90 years, screened for hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody (HBsAg, anti-HBs) and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc), 214 (1 1.9%) had an isolated, positive anti-HBc result; anti-HBc was reproducibly present in the initial sera in only 66% and per
## Abstract Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by the presence of HBV DNA while the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) remains undetectable. The HBV genomes in five asymptomatic blood donors with occult HBV infection and low viremia (<10 to 1,000 HBV DNA copies/mL, genotype D) were