%0 Journal Article %T The Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Infection among Blood Donors in Lagos, Nigeria %A Aisha Suleiman %A Akinsegun Akinbami %A Benjamin Augustine %A Charles Onyekwere %A Ebele Uche %A Esther Oluwole %A Hakeem Olaosebikan %A Kamal Ismail %A Mulikat Badiru %A Olusola Olowoselu %J Archive of "Nigerian Medical Journal : Journal of the Nigeria Medical Association". %D 2019 %R 10.4103/nmj.NMJ_29_19 %X In occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV DNA is present in the blood or liver tissue in patients negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with or without anti-HBV antibodies. Thus, the absence of HBsAg in the blood only reduces the risk of transmission and is not sufficient enough to ensure the absence of HBV infection %K Blood donors %K hepatitis B surface antigen %K hepatitis B virus DNA %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677000/