author’s reply; nucleic acid testing for the detection of hbv dna

nucleic acid testing for the detection of hbv dna

Author’s Reply; Nucleic Acid Testing for the Detection of HBV DNA

First, we agree with Seto et al. regarding the impacts of the sensitivity of the detection methods of OBI (occult hepatitis B infection) prevalence but disagree regarding their idea on the lack of usefulness of anti-HBc screens. They have referred to Seo et al., who reported that the prevalence of anti-HBc positivity in Korea was 13.5%, whereas the prevalence of OBI was 0.016% (1). Anti-HBc is ...

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