Table 2 Clinical significance of HBV-positive patient serum (N = 329)
HBV-infectious markers in serum | Number (%) | Clinical significance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HBsAg | HBsAb | HBeAg | HBeAb | HBcAb | ||
+ | − | + | − | + | 160 (48.6) * | acute, chronic type B hepatitis, highly contagious |
+ | − | − | + | + | 89 (27.1) * | acute, chronic type B hepatitis, contagious |
+ | − | − | − | + | 47 (14.3) | acute, chronic type B hepatitis, contagious |
+ | − | − | − | − | 33 (10) | acute infection, incubation at a later period |