A patient is diagnosed with Hepatitis B infection. Which of the following markers will always be present in his serum, if he develops chronic hepatitis?
A patient who has had exposure to HBV will have AntiHBc Ab even when he has moved into the chronic or recurrent stages. IgM anti-HBc reappears during acute recurrences while IgG Anti HBc is found in chronic states. The HBsAg antigen is present in chronic hepatitis B, while the antibody anti-HBs is not. Reference: Ananthanarayan and Paniker&;s Textbook of Microbiology Tenth edition
HBc Ag
Anti HBs Ab
HBe Ag
Anti HBc Ab
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