HBV testing and diagnosis of HBV-related liver disease in low-income and middle-income
countries differs substantially from that in developed countries in terms of access to …

HBV blood safety is improved by NAT for HBV DNA when applied to individual donations.
Until the sensitivity of NAT is improved, both this method and HBsAg screening are needed …

Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem in India, caused mainly by hepatitis viruses A
through E. 1 Though both of the enterically transmissible viruses, hepatitis A virus (HAV) and …

HBV still represents a global risk factor in transfusion medicine. The residual risk of HBV is
not limited to pre-seroconversion window period but it extends to donors with occult HBV …

Introduction Kazakhstan is being considered medium‐endemic for Hepatitis B virus infection
(HBV). HBV remains transmissible by direct exposure to infected blood or organic fluids …

Defining the epidemiology of occult HBV infection (OBI) is difficult because it relies on
disparate sets of data and on the respective performance of both hepatitis B surface antigen …

Background Hepatitis B virus is one of the most important blood born viruses. Although the
sensitivity of screening tests has been considerably increased, transmission may still occur …

Background We present an analysis of the first 2 years of hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleic acid
testing (NAT) of the A ustralian donor population. Study Design and Methods Between J uly …

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) reactivation in patients receiving chemotherapy, biologicals,
immunosupressants, or corticosteroids is emerging to be an important cause of morbidity …

Background: Transfusion-transmissible hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major problem
worldwide. Recently, confirmatory nucleic acid tests (NATs) for HBV DNA have been …