Assessment of Infectiousness of Male Malaysian Blood Donors
- 31 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Vox Sanguinis
- Vol. 45 (5) , 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1423-0410.1983.tb01932.x
Abstract
Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and anti-hepatitis B e antibody (anti-HBe) were determined in the blood of 189 male blood donors. The incidence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was 6.9% while that for HBeAg and anti-HBe was 1.6 and 18%, respectively. Of the 13 samples positive for HBsAg, 2 (15.4%) were positive for HBeAg while 6 (46.2%) were positive for anti-HBe. One specimen was negative for HBsAg but was positive for HBeAg and anti-HBe. The observations are discussed.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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