Detection of occult Hepatitis B virus infection in Diyala Province | ||
Diyala Journal For Pure Science | ||
Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2014, Pages 69-81 | ||
Authors | ||
Adnan Nima Abdu; Abdul-Razak Shafiq Hasan; Ibtahal Hammed Mhasan Al- Azi | ||
Abstract | ||
The aim of the present reseaech is to study detection of occult hepatitis B virus infection between blood donors in diyala province by polymerase chain reaction . The results also showed that 3.9% of HBsAg negative blood donors was positive for HBV DNA by PCR ,a significant association between HBsAg& HBVDNA (p<0.001). The results showed that 0.6% of HBsAg and anti –HBc IgM negative were positive for HBV DNA ,on the contrary ,all of blood donors with positive HBsAg &anti-HBc IgM were positive for HBV DNA with a significant association (p<0.001). | ||
Keywords | ||
Occult HBV Infection; Blood donors; ELISA; PCR; HBsAg; anti; HBcIgM | ||
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