background and aims: this study was the trends of hepatitis b infection among iranian blood donors which was analyzed in a period of 10 years. materials and methods: in a period of 10 years, from 2001 through 2010, a total of 16,264,830 donations from 30 regional and 35 local blood services were screened. all blood samples were tested for hepatitis b surface antigen (hbs ag) by commercial avail...