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The causative factors of occult hepatitis B infection are complicated and not yet been fully elucidated. Mutations in hepatitis B virus (HBV) S gene are one of the factors may contributing to occult infection. In this study, 89 blood donors with genotype B occult HBV infection were investigated. Fifty-seven hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive/HBV DNA-positive blood donors served as control group for comparison. Occult HBV-related mutations with a high incidence (P less then .05) in the S gene were identified. To furthe