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Table 1 Overall demographic, serological, and virological characteristics of AntiHBs (+)/antiHBc (+) group among the blood donors

From: Anti-hepatitis B core antigen testing with detection and characterization of occult hepatitis B virus by an in-house nucleic acid testing among blood donors in Behrampur, Ganjam, Orissa in southeastern India: implications for transfusion

Features

 

Total

   HBsAg (-ve)

 

729

   Age years (mean ± S.D)

 

33.3 ± 9.9

   Male/female

 

691/38

   AntiHBc (%)

 

220/729 (30.1%)

   PCR Positive (%)

 

66/220 (30.0%)

   Surface region only (%)

 

42 (63.6%)

   Precore/Surface gene

 

24 (36.3%)

HBV genotype by sequencing (%)

  

   A

 

2/60 (3.3)

   C

 

2/60 (3.3)

   D

 

56/60 (93.3)

Features

HBsAg(-)/antiHBc(+)(n = 220)

 

AntiHBs(+) (n = 40)*

AntiHBc only (n = 164)

HBV DNA positive (%)

12

45

Age in years (Mean ± S.D.)

29.8 ± 8.17

31.0 ± 13.4

Gender

  

Male

11

44

Female

1

1

Surface gene sequencing

11/12

41/45

Viral load (n)

8

32

<104 copies/ml

7

31

≥104 copies/ml

1

1

Genotype/Subgenotype

  

A/A1

1

1

C/C1

1

1

D/D1

1

1

D/D2

3

6

D/D3

5

32

  1. *AntiHBs status of 16 samples were not detected due to unavailability of serum