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Case Reports
. 2010 Oct;8(4):297-302.
doi: 10.2450/2010.0119-09.

Occult hepatitis B in blood donors: a description of two cases

Ciro Capezzuto  1 , Eva Franchi, Simona Urbani, Luisa Romanò, Massimo Franchini
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Case Reports

Occult hepatitis B in blood donors: a description of two cases

Ciro Capezzuto et al. Blood Transfus. 2010 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: HBV mutations; blood donors; occult infection.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Alignment of the amino acid sequence (110–160) of a fragment of the S gene, “a” determinant, of the HBV detected in donor U.A. and a comparison with a consensus D sequence (GenBank accession number: X65259).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Alignment of the nucleotide sequence of a 256 bp fragment of the pre-core region of the HBV DNA detected in donor C.E.
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