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Haemotology report: hbsag result:negative .am i infected with hbv infection.

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

No: Hbsag is an antigen on the outside capsule of the hep b virus. So it would be positive if virus actively present. (ps: hbsab is the antibody to that antigen our bodies use to flag and eliminate any hbv that gets in--and comes after the hbv vaccination series).

Answered 9/28/2016

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