What is difference between HBs Ag and HBe Ag? Does HBe Ag negative person carries HBV Virus?
This is how a hepatitis B virus looks like, the outer layer is HBS-Ag (S=surface, Ag=antigen), then comes HBe-Ag (e=envelop) and then HBc-Ag (c=core), HBe-Ag and HBc-Ag are produced together during active viral replication thus if HBe-Ag is present active viral replication is ongoingThis is how in an acute hepatitis B infection different serological markers develop over timeThis is how the presence of different serological markers are to be interpretedCarrier state is defined by finding HBS-Ag in one’s blood, no HBe-Ag.
What does the HBsAb non-reactive test result mean in HBV testing?
It means you don’t have HBV. HBsAb stands for antibodies to Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg).This basically means that there is no HBV in your body as your immune system didn’t produce any antibodies against it.