Screening for Hepatitis B: Serology Markers Interpretation

Hepatitis B serology.

This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2012, which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you, and interpretation of results.

Hepatitis B immunization and postimmunization serology.

Hepatitis B Serology in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

BACKGROUND Only limited data are available on the prevalence of hepatitis B in patients with proven rheumatic diseases and thus the risk of reactivation under immunosuppressive therapy. OBJECTIVE To analyse hepatitis B serology in patients with rheumatic diseases prior to therapy. METHOD In total, 1,338 patient records were analysed for HBsAg, HBsAb and HBcAb in a cross-sectional, single-ce...

The serology of chronic hepatitis B infection revisited.

The serology of chronic hepatitis B infection has been established through the use of commercial immunoassays to measure the structural antigens of the hepatitis B virus and their respective antibodies in serum. However, the commercial assays have not been designed to detect serum antibodies in the presence of an excess of circulating antigens. A series of serum samples from 200 HBeAg-positive,...

USPSTF Recommendations for Hepatitis B Screening.

Bottom Line The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends hepatitis B virus screening for human immunodeficiency virus–positive persons, users of illicit injection drugs, men who have sex with men, household contacts or sex partners of infected persons, and persons born in countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection or who are born to parents who were born in r...