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Blood donor screening in the Netherlands: Universal anti-HBc screening in combination with HBV nucleic acid amplification testing may allow discontinuation of hepatitis B virus antigen testing

Authors :
Thijs J W van de Laar
Marijke W.A. Molenaar-de Backer
Tanneke Marijt-van der Kreek
Boris M. Hogema
Hans L. Zaaijer
AII - Infectious diseases
Source :
Transfusion, 61(7), 2116-2124. Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Background: In the Netherlands, blood donor screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) consists of HBsAg screening since the 1970s, HBV DNA minipool testing (MP-NAT) since 2008, and anti-HBc screening since 2011. Anti-HBc reactivity causes deferral only if anti-HBs titers are

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00411132
Volume :
61
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Transfusion
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....728490d59390de968c2c7b7bdedce422