The first case of transfusion‐transmitted hepatitis B virus genotype I in Japan
Including this case, nine cases of TT-HBV from eight blood donations have been detected in Japan since the introduction of ID-NAT. Seven of the eight TT-HBV-related donations had HBV subgenotypes that were exotic to Japan. Exotic HBV strains spreading in Japan pose a risk of TT-HBV owing to ongoing acute HBV infection with these strains.
Authors
- Rieko Sobata
- Yoshihiko Tani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0294-6062)
- Naoko Goto
- Naoji Yamagishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0007-5450)
- Keiji Matsubayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8361-0167)
- Masahiro Satake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4660-6839)
- Naoko Ando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9680-4278)
- T Yoshimasa
- S. Toda
Institutions
- Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transfusion
- Published
- 2025-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.18186
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00