| hepatitis b virus and hepatitis d virus in blood donors from argentina: circulation of hbsag and reverse transcriptase mutants. | in argentina, current procedures to ensure the safety of the blood supply for transfusion include the serologic detection of specific blood-borne infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and the genetic diversity of hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis d virus (hdv) in blood donor populations from two distantly located argentine regions. data from 56,983 blood donations from the favaloro foundation, in the city of buenos aires (central region), and the central blood bank ... | 2014 | 24306325 |