Assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are the most frequently used tests to detect HBV infection. Vaccination for HBV can produce transiently detectable levels of HBsAg in patients.

Spontaneous loss of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) followed by seroconversion to anti-HBe usually coincides with normalization of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, reduction in HBV DNA ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting ...

Study: AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Prevention and Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation ... positive for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) or HBV core antibody (anti-HBc).

Both serendipity and good science led, by 1968, to the linkage of this antigen to viral hepatitis, a link that transformed the study of hepatitis, protected the blood supply, led to a hepatitis B ...