Positive Result To Hepatitis Core B Antibody Without Illness

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cord blood hepatitis core antibody positive

Dear Doctor, I had a Hepatitis B vaccination about 10 years ago, then I got it enhanced in 2001. In 2002, I got pregnant. My prenatal screen showed HbsAg negative. Three months after delivered my baby, the cord blood results came as HbcAb positive...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Your baby will be fine. Your blood results are positive for hepatitis B core antibody and surface antibody which suggests past natural infection. However, this infection is not active since your antigen is negative. Therefore, you would not be able... Read more »

Core antibody was positive, now negative!?

In 1999, I donated blood. I got a letter saying that I was positive for the Hepatitis B core... Read more »

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how infectious is core antibody total positive??Pls Help.

Hi Dr.please help me.I am really worried for the past few days. I accidentaly pricked myself with... Read more »

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initial screening positive but no antibodies?

Posted by dmvcc99, 1 Reply

Forgive me if this has already been addressed. A week and a half ago I had a regular HIV screening. Not sure if this was ELISA or not, but my guess would be yes as it was through my general physician. From what my Dr. told me, the initial... Read more »

antibodies after seroconversion illness

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Dear everyone,

It appears there are a lot of people on this forum who had a low risk exposure, but are only anxious for a HIV infection because they had a flu-like experience with fever. Actually, i'm one of them. I wondered about the following thing: Read more »

Testing positive with no antibodies producing?

Posted by Anonymous

Hi, I pray all are well. Does anyone have data on if people who take hiv antibody test after 6 months with no further exposures with negative results take possibly hiv rna or dna test and come back positive for hiv? Thank you happy holidays and... Read more »

Positive I'm Positive

Posted by StupidMe, 1 Reply

Please don't shoot me down for this but, I'm still having an issue believing my test results. I've had 11 antibody tests over the 4 years following my risk with an African CSW in Germany. Plus, more recently a Taqscreen Multiplex test. All... Read more »

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