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What is the difference between HBsAg and HBcAg?
Presumably, this might not be associated with the stage of viral replication, although HBsAg is a major antigen for humoral immunity of hepatitis B, not that for cell-mediated immunity. It has been reported that HBcAg was stronger by 100 times than HBsAg in provoking the immune responses of B cell or T cell.
What is HBsAg positive and HBeAg negative?
Anti-HBe usually remains detectable for many years after recovery from acute HBV infection. In HBV carriers and patients with chronic hepatitis B, positive HBeAg results usually indicate presence of active HBV replication and high infectivity. A negative HBeAg result indicates very minimal or no HBV replication.
What is difference between HCV and HBsAg?
Both hepatitis B and C infections can cause short- and long-term effects. However, hepatitis C is more likely to turn into a chronic condition than hepatitis B. A person can transmit hepatitis B through bodily fluids, while the transmission of hepatitis C usually only occurs through blood-to-blood contact.
What does the E stand for in HBeAg?
HBeAg stands for hepatitis B e-antigen. This antigen is a protein from the hepatitis B virus that circulates in infected blood when the virus is actively replicating.
What does HBcAg positive mean?
HBcAg (core antigen) is a hepatitis B viral protein. It is an indicator of active viral replication; this means the person infected with Hepatitis B can likely transmit the virus on to another person (i.e. the person is infectious).
Can HBsAg become negative after treatment?
Although HBsAg levels remain unchanged during lamivudine (LMV) treatment, recent studies report an association between a reduction of serum HBsAg level and viral suppression after entecavir (ETV) treatment.
Which is worse hep B or hep C?
The study showed that in the two and a half decades after 1984, hepatitis B infection was more serious than hepatitis C. Now, in 2012, this difference is even greater. Chronic hepatitis C has become a curable disease. Chronic hepatitis B is manageable, but not yet curable.
What is the difference between jaundice and hepatitis?
Hepatitis A may also cause jaundice, a condition that makes the skin and eyes look yellow and causes stool to become light in color and urine to become dark. Hepatitis A is a short-lived, or acute, disease. When symptoms develop, they may cause severe illness requiring hospitalization and intravenous fluids.
What is normal HBsAg value?
Any value between 1 and 5 s/c is indeterminate and should be repeated. For hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs), a level less than 5 mIU is considered negative, while a level more than 12 mIU is considered protective. Any value between 5 and 12 mIU is indeterminate and should be repeated.
What does anti HBs positive mean?
■ Anti-HBs [sometimes written as HBsAb] (antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen): when this is “positive” or “reactive,” it means the person is immune to hepatitis B infec- tion, either from vaccination or from past infection.
What exactly is HBsAg and HBsAb?
HBsAb = Hepatitis B surface antibody that is produced because the body has been exposed to the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBsAg = Hepatitis B surface antigen, this is the part of the virus that induces an immune response. Presence of either HBsAb and/or HBsAg mean different things: Presence of HBsAb = the body has been exposed to HBV. It usually
What is meaning of HBeAg negative test?
A negative HBeAg result indicates very minimal or no HBV replication. Positive anti-HBe results usually indicate inactivity of the virus and low infectivity. Positive anti-HBe results in the presence of detectable HBV DNA in serum also indicate active viral replication in these patients.
What does HBeAg mean?
HBeAg stands for hepatitis B e-antigen. This antigen is a protein from the hepatitis B virus that circulates in infected blood when the virus is actively replicating.