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HEP B infant test accuracy Sep 22, 2006 If an infant under 9 months old is given a shot for HEP B and a week later is tested for Hep B and the test shows they are a carrier of the disease, how accurate is this? Also, how likely is it that a general test for Hep B comes out negative and less than a month later a test comes back as positive? |
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| Response from Dr. McGovern
 The only route for transmission in this baby was probably perinatal transmission. However, it is usually known as to whether the mother was Hepatitis B surface antigen positive or not during pregnancy. I would want to know more about the test results and the exact profile. | ||||||||
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