ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Detecting occult hepatitis B when testing donated blood
1 Republic Clinical Dermatovenerologic Dispensary, Kazan, Russia
2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Medico-Prophylactic Faculty,
Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Zhanna Eremeeva
prospekt Pobedy, d. 39, kv. 91, Kazan, Russia, 420110; ur.relbmar@kinnahz5nif
Acknowledgements: authors thank Ramil Turaev from the Republican Blood Center (Kazan, Russia) for the opportunity to work with donor cards and Center's reports.
Contribution of the authors to this work: Eremeeva ZhG — analysis of literature, data collection and analysis, drafting a manuscript; Fazylov VH — idea, research planning, data analysis and interpretation, editing the manuscript.