Journal of Medical Virology 87:208–212 (2015)
Positive Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody in HIV Infection—False Positive or Evidence of Previous Infection? S. N. S. Pallawela,1,2* C. Sonnex,2 D. Mabayoje,3 E. Bloch,1 S. Chaytor,3 M. A. Johnson,1 C. Carne,2 and D. P. Webster1,3 1
Department of HIV Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Department of GU Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom 3 Department of Virology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom 2
Isolated HBV core antibody (anti-HBc) is defined as the presence of anti-HBc with a negative HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV surface antibody (anti-HBs 350 as this result may represent a true positive or a negative
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result. If a primary response (anti-HBS
Positive Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody in HIV Infection—False Positive or Evidence of Previous Infection? S. N. S. Pallawela,1,2* C. Sonnex,2 D. Mabayoje,3 E. Bloch,1 S. Chaytor,3 M. A. Johnson,1 C. Carne,2 and D. P. Webster1,3 1
Department of HIV Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Department of GU Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom 3 Department of Virology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom 2
Isolated HBV core antibody (anti-HBc) is defined as the presence of anti-HBc with a negative HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV surface antibody (anti-HBs 350 as this result may represent a true positive or a negative
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result. If a primary response (anti-HBS
