title: Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in healthy blood donors.
abstract: Blood transfusion is an important route of transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Occult HBV infection can exist in the absence of HBsAg and can be detected by determining HBV DNA. To determine the occult HBV infection in healthy blood donors. One hundred adult healthy blood donors, negative for HBsAg, anti HCV, HIV-1 and other risk factors were screened for HBV DNA by PCR. All the healthy blood donors were negative for HBV DNA by PCR. Occult HBV infection does not occur in the healthy blood donors in the population studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. ajayduseja@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duseja
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agnihotri
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chakraborti
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chawla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral