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I was vacinated for hepatitis b 17 years ago when i was 10. do i need to test. if so will my vacination cause a false positive?
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It can be rechecked : This is something that your physician may decide wants to be checked to see if your immunization took affect
Answered 3/13/2017
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Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B- if you received three Hepatitis B vaccines you are protected against Hepatitis B. No need to test. Blood testing would show you are hepatitis B immune not that you have active infection- no false positive.
Answered 3/13/2017
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