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Retraction: ‘Infectivity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) positive plasma with undetectable HBV‐DNA: Can HBsAg screening be discontinued in Egyptian blood donors?’ by Magdy El Ekiaby, Junko Tanaka, Harry van Drimmelen, Jean‐Pierre Allain, Nico Lelie, J Viral Hepat 2022, 29: 330–339. The above article, published online on 11 March 2022 in Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jvh.13666) has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor in Chief, Graham Foster, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.The authors have informed the journal that a systematic calculation error was discovered subsequent to the publication. Following editorial assessment, all parties have agreed that the identified error could potentially have implications for public health decision‐making and warrant retraction of the article in its present form. The authors have been recommended to submit a corrected version of the article for an independent evaluation.