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Does a negative hep b surface antibody test mean i have no current infection?
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No: There is a lag time between when a person becomes infected with a virus (or other invader) and when antibodies begin to appear in the blood. So you can be ifected without any antibody evidence of infection early in any disease.
Answered 11/20/2014
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