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2004 • 304 citations

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1999 • 259 citations

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Immunoassay detection of hepatitis B surface antigen mutants

1999 • 175 citations

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2004 • 161 citations

Molecular and functional analysis of occult hepatitis B virus isolates from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

2007 • 155 citations

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Characterization of HBV DNA+/HBsAg− blood donors in Poland identified by triplex NAT

2006 • 106 citations

Molecular and serological characterization of hepatitis B virus in deferred Ghanaian blood donors with and without elevated alanine aminotransferase

2006 • 83 citations

Molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B virus in genotype E-infected subjects

2008 • 81 citations

Evaluation of 17 CE-marked HBsAg assays with respect to clinical sensitivity, analytical sensitivity, and hepatitis B virus mutant detection

2006 • 75 citations

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2005 • 74 citations

Anti‐HBc screening of blood donors: a comparison of nine anti‐HBc tests

2006 • 70 citations

Hepatitis B virus genotypes and G1896A precore mutation in 486 Spanish patients with acute and chronic HBV infection

2006 • 41 citations

Antigenic characterisation of pre- and post-liver transplant hepatitis B surface antigen sequences from patients treated with hepatitis B immune globulin

1999 • 38 citations

Localization of hepatitis B surface antigen epitopes present on variants and specifically recognised by anti‐hepatitis B surface antigen monoclonal antibodies

2001 • 35 citations

Evaluation of COBAS AmpliPrep nucleic acid extraction in conjunction with COBAS AmpliScreen HBV DNA, HCV RNA and HIV‐1 RNA amplification and detection

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Hepatitis B virus genotypes, core promoter variants, and precore stop codon variants in patients infected chronically in North‐Eastern Italy

2006 • 27 citations

Distribution of HBV genotypes and mutants among hepatitis B infected patients from northern Poland

2004 • 21 citations

Evolution of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes in hepatitis B virus

2006 • 17 citations

International collaborative study proposal for the characterization of occult hepatitis B virus infection identified by nucleic acid or anti‐HBc screening

2007 • 17 citations

The impact of individual donation NAT screening on blood safety – the South African experience

2006 • 16 citations

A European perspective on the management of donors and units testing positive for hepatitis B virus DNA

2006 • 14 citations

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2006 • 9 citations

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