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occult HBV May 5, 2002 In occult HBV infection do to simultaneous co-infection with HIV, is core antigen always detectable in the absence of all other serological markers? (only marker is raised ALT(123)and low testosterone) Thanks for your help. |
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 Yes.HBcAb is the marker that indicates past infection,independently if the hepatitis was resolved or not.What we see in around 10% of all HIV cases is detectable HBVDNA in the absence of HBsAg. | ||||||||
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