ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Detecting occult hepatitis B when testing donated blood

Eremeeva ZhG1, Fazylov VH2
About authors

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

About paper

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.

Received: 2017-02-01 Accepted: 2017-02-18 Published online: 2017-03-14
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