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van Ditzhutjsen, T.J.M., Rijntjes, P.J.M., Yap, S.H. et al. Hepatitis B virus DNA detection in serum and the prevention of post-transfusion hepatitis. Eur J Epidemiol 3, 321–322 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00149745
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