lecture submitted to healthcare workers ( physicians,dentists,nurses,lab.technicians) to explain the best methods to avoid transmission of hepatitis through health practices
14. 1 1. recovering from acute HBV infection. 2. distantly immune and test not sensitive enough to detect very low level of anti-HBs in serum. 3. susceptible with a false positive anti-HBc. 4. undetectable level of HBsAg present in the serum and the person is actually a carrier negative positive negative HBsAg anti-HBc anti-HBs chronically infected positive positive negative negative HBsAg anti-HBc IgM anti-HBc anti-HBs acutely infected positive positive positive negative HBsAg anti-HBc IgM anti-HBc anti-HBs immune due to hepatitis B vaccination negative negative positive HBsAg anti-HBc anti-HBs immune due to natural infection negative positive positive HBsAg anti-HBc anti-HBs susceptible negative negative negative HBsAg anti-HBc anti-HBs Interpretation Results Tests Interpretation of the Hepatitis B Panel