%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/