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What if the hepatitis b surface ab antibody is positive?
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Protection against..: Detection of antibody against hepatitis b surface antigen means the host is successfully immunized or recovered from hep b infection and therefore, is protected from getting infected with hepatitis b.
Answered 1/15/2015
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