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Archives   2009

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   21,  Number   2

TITLE:   Relationship between ABO blood groups and the HBs positivity in blood donors.
AUTHOR:   Win Aung; Sandar Nyunt; Khin Khin Aye; Aung Thu
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2009; 21(2): 74-77
ABSTRACT:   Prior to the production of plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine, HBsAg- positive blood units which had been collected from various blood banks of hospitals in Yangon area were tested again for confirmation and deter-mination of the degree of HBsAg positivity by using the Counter Current Electrophoresis (CEP) method at the Hepatitis B Vaccine Plant, DMR (LM). Only those blood units with high titer of HBsAg positivity (i.e. titer ≥1/10 dilution) were used for further production processes. In this study, ABO blood groups distribution in 6505 HBsAg-positive blood donors with low and high titers positivity of HBsAg were determined. It was found that ABO blood groups were equally distributed in HBsAg-positive blood donors. However, high titer of HBsAg positivity was apparently encountered in those donors with blood group AB compared to other blood groups. Donors with blood group AB were found to be more susceptible than others to have high titre positivity of HBsAg.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   ABO Blood-Group System. Blood Donors. Hepatitis B.
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