Prevalence of hepatitis B virus core antibodies among blood donors in Nigeria: Implications for blood safety.

Foluke Atinuke Fasola Adeola A Fowotade Adedayo Omotayo Faneye Adeyeni Adeleke

Published in: African journal of laboratory medicine (2022)

This study establishes a potential risk for HBV transmission from isolated anti-HBc-positive donors to blood recipients. HBc immunoglobulin (antibody) M testing to identify blood units requiring further screening with polymerase chain reaction to detect OBI can prevent HBV transmission through blood transfusion.

Keyphrases

hepatitis b virus
liver failure
risk factors
kidney transplantation
risk assessment
human health