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Chronic or acute? Sep 30, 2007 Hi Dr McGovern, I hav a friend who has HBV and his test result is as follows: HBsAg: 3240 (reactive) Anti-HBS: 2 (negative) Anti-HBc IGG: 0.010 (reactive) Anti-HAV IGM: 0.356 (negative) HBeAg: 0.12 (negative) Anti-HBE: 0.003 (reactive) May I know if the result is indicative of a chronic or acute Hepatitis B? Thanks. |
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 One more test is need to assess for HBV replication and that is HBV DNA. This test measures whether virus is in the blood or not. | ||||||||
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