Sociodemographic and clinical features related to hepatitis B virus infection among rejected blood donors in Luanda, Angola

Funding Information: The authors are grateful to all study participants. Thanks to the research team of CISA/INIS and INS for the data collection, laboratory procedure, and technical/administrative support. The present project was financially supported by the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG), under the ENVOLVE Ci\u00EAncia PALOP program that funded the HITOLA project (number 250466), AREF (AREF-312-CRUZ-F-C0931), Science and Technology Development Project (PDCT) within the scope of the MUTHIVAO project (Number 36 MESCTI/PDCT/2022), FCT MARVEL (PTDC/SAU-PUB/4018/2021), FCT GHTM-UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL-LA/P/0117/2020. The funders had no role in study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the report; the decision to submit the report for publication. Funding Information: The authors are grateful to all study participants. Thanks to the research team of CISA/INIS and INS for the data collection, laboratory procedure, and technical/administrative support. The present project was financially supported by the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG), under the ENVOLVE Ci\u00EAncia PALOP program that funded the HITOLA project (number 250466), AREF (AREF\u2010312\u2010CRUZ\u2010F\u2010C0931), Science and Technology Development Project (PDCT) within the scope of the MUTHIVAO project (Number 36 MESCTI/PDCT/2022), FCT MARVEL (PTDC/SAU\u2010PUB/4018/2021), FCT GHTM\u2010UID/04413/2020 and LA\u2010REAL\u2010LA/P/0117/2020. The funders had no role in study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the report; the decision to submit the report for publication. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. ; Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a public health concern. Blood donors screened for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) along with aspartate transaminase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) could play a key in providing safe blood products. We investigated the features related to HBV ...