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Meaning & utility of the various Hepatitis B tests:<ref>[http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/hepatitis-B/ http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/hepatitis-B/]</ref><ref>[http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html]</ref> | Meaning & utility of the various Hepatitis B tests:<ref>[http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/hepatitis-B/ http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/hepatitis-B/]</ref><ref>[http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html]</ref> | ||
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! | ! '''Test name''' | ||
! '''Location''' | ! '''Location''' | ||
! '''Positive test''' | ! '''Positive test''' | ||
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! '''Usual question''' | ! '''Usual question''' | ||
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| HBs Ag||Surface||Virus active||No active | | HBs Ag||Surface||Virus active||No active infection||Active infection? | ||
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| HBs Ab||Surface||Exposed OR vaccinated||No exposure OR no | | HBs Ab||Surface||Exposed OR vaccinated||No exposure OR no vaccine OR loss of Ab||Immunization status? | ||
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| HBe Ag||Virus core||Infect. w/o immune response||No active | | HBe Ag||Virus core||Infect. w/o immune response||No active infection||Active infect. w/o immune response? | ||
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| HBe Ab||Virus core||Exposed to virus||Infect. w/o immune response OR not exposed||Immune response to | | HBe Ab||Virus core||Exposed to virus||Infect. w/o immune response OR not exposed||Immune response to infection? | ||
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| HBV DNA||-||Active||Not active/no exposure||Viral load/how active? | | HBV DNA||-||Active||Not active/no exposure||Viral load/how active? | ||