No treatment was effective in HBeAg-positive patients whereas, among anti-HBe-positive patients, those who were treated with the association of steroids and azathioprine more frequently showed improvement and less frequently deteriorated (p<0.01) than untreated patients. Thus, HBsAg/anti-HBe-positive ...
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is a protein that appears in the blood when you have ahepatitis B infection. A HBsAg blood test can detect this antigen. A positive HBsAg result means you have an active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and are contagious. HBV is spread through contact ...
You're positive for these antibodies on tests: HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc. Some people don't get rid of the infection. If you have it for more than 6 months, you’re what’s called a carrier, even if you don’t have symptoms. This means you can give the disease to someone else....
It is an important marker that might not only indicate active hepatitis B infection, but may also predict clinical and treatment outcomes. Assays for HBsAg quantification are fully automated with a high output capacity. HBsAg titer is higher in HBe antigen (HBeAg) positive chronic hepatitis B ...
The ideal end point of treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is sustained off-therapy hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss with or even without seroconversion to anti-HBs. We investigated the role of adding PEGylated interferon (PEG IFN) to ongoing tenofovir treatment in ch...
Hepatitis B five, first HBsAg positive, indicating that the presence of hepatitis B virus in the body, is now being infected; hepatitis B five, fifth HBcAb positive, indicating that hepatitis B virus had been infected. To determine the severity of hepatitis B, we should make a more accurate...
Our goal is to find a functional cure* for CHB after a finite period of treatment. In addition to avoidance of lifelong management, which is challenging for patients in the long term, functional cure eliminates HBsAg so patients are no longer infectious to others, helping them avoid the stigma...
The replication of the B terminated and remitted after seroconversion to anti-HBe. A positive -DNA test in anti-HBe carriers is associated with a severe and evolutive and may provide an indication for treatment with drugs inhibiting the synthesis of -DNA. 展开 ...
Preliminary data suggests lower serum hepatitis B surface antigen level is associated with more severe liver fibrosis in HBeAg positive patients. We evaluated the association of HBsAg level with biochemical, virological, and histological features in asymptomatic patients with chronic HBV infection. HBsAg ...
Sex partners of persons who are HBsAg-positive Persons seeking evaluation or treatment for a sexually transmitted disease Men who have sex with men Persons at risk for infection by percutaneous or mucosal exposure to blood Current or recent injection-drug users Household contacts of persons who are...