title: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening strategy to ensure the safety of blood for transfusion through a combination of immunological testing and nucleic acid amplification testing - Japanese experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of NAT, Central Blood Institute, Japanese Red Cross Society Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yugi
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizui
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006579:Heterozygote; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; D012449:Safety
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral