Hepatitis B Virus Serology and Interpretation
HBsAg - Anti-HBs - Anti-HBc - HBeAg - Anti-HBe
- Acute hepatitis B
- Chronic hepatitis B with active viral replication
- Inactive HBV carrier state (low HBV DNA level) or HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B with active viral replication (high HBV DNA level)
- Chronic hepatitis B with heterotypic anti-HBs (about 10% of cases)
- Acute hepatitis B
- Recovery from hepatitis B (immunity)
- Vaccination (immunity)
- False-positive; less commonly, infection in remote past
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