Acute Hep B then hbsag negative

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Dear Dr John Tavis

Thank you very much for all of your explanations

May god bless you and happines

@john.tavis

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Dear Dr John Tavis

thank you for being patiance for my question

let me resume

2020, 6 week after exposure my hbsag positive (+)
three years later
2023 Jan, 8 times hbsag are negative (-)

experts here said : no infectious,

is there any chance turn out that actualy i have Occult HBV during 3 years ? :open_mouth: :frowning:

@john.tavis @availlant

thank you

Yuji

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Hi @Ngurah_Yuda,

As mentioned previously, the risk of being HBV DNA positive (i.e., occult HBV) is low. It is also unclear how much disease is actually caused by occult HBV.

Thomas