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What's a hepatitis b antigen?
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Protein : Produced by the virus that causes he disease. There is an excellen description of the disease in wikipedia.
Answered 9/4/2012
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Part of hep B virus: For an example, presence of hepatitis b surface antigen means affected individual is infected with hepatitis b, either in active disease state with symptoms or in a carrier state.
Answered 9/17/2012
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Coat protein : There are a number of antigens associated with hbv, notably surface, core, e, and x. The surface antigen, hbsag, is the surface coat of the virus and the most commonly tested for.
Answered 10/12/2012
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