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:archives of clinical infectious diseases
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helia azimi infectious diseases and tropical medicine research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of microbiology, faculty of biological sciences, shahid beheshti university, tehran, ir iran
maryam vaezjalali infectious diseases and tropical medicine research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of microbiology, school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of microbiology, school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2123872556, fax: +98-2122439972
conclusions hepatitis b core antibody immunoglobulin m positivity is different in healthy blood donors of different countries according to the prevalence of chronic hepatitis b and its vaccination. based on the current study findings, all positive samples of hepatitis b core antibody in iranian blood banks should be considered as candidates for occult hepatitis b not just the window period infe...
