Diagnostics (HBV)

Anti-HBc Avidity Studies Useful Prognostic Indicators

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 26th, 1997

Anti-hepatitis B core antigen avidity studies may have diagnostic and prognostic significance, according to a report from the United Kingdom.

"The results contained in this paper suggest that the appearance of high avidity anti-HBc antibodies may play an important role in the events which lead up to the HBeAg-to-anti-HBe seroconversion," researcher H.I.J. Thomas and colleagues wrote ("Relative Functional Affinity of Specific Anti-Core IgG in Different Categories of Hepatitis B Virus Infection," Journal of Medical Virology, April 1997;51:189-197).

While resolution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection occurs in most cases, a carrier state can exist in...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1997-05-26)

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