Infectivity of blood products from donors with occult hepatitis <scp>B</scp> virus infection

2013140 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Jean‐Pierre Allain · University of Cambridge

Ivanka Mihaljević · University of Cambridge

Maria Isabel González-Fraile · Croatian Institute of Transfusion Medicine

Knut Gubbe · German Red Cross

Lene Holm‐Harritshøj · Rigshospitalet

José-María García-García · Rigshospitalet

Ewa Brojer

Abstract

Blood products from donors with OBI carry a high risk of HBV transmission by transfusion. This risk is dependent on presence of anti-HBs and viral dose. This may justify safety measures such as anti-HBc and HBV nucleic acid test screening depending on epidemiology.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis B Virus Studies Hepatitis C virus research Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Transfusion

Volume 53, Issue 7, pp. 1405-1415

DOI: 10.1111/trf.12096

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