TABLE 1.

Demographic, virologic, and biochemical characteristics of patients with acute HBV infection^a

Patient	Age (yr)	Sex	1st time point			2nd time point			3rd time point			Outcome
			Wk from clinical presentation	AST/ALT	HBV DNA (copies/ml)	Wk from clinical presentation	HBV DNA (copies/ml)	AST/ALT	Wk from clinical presentation	HBV DNA (copies/ml)	AST/ALT
1B	37	M	1	433/2,747	44,900	9	<200	25/59	24	<200	22/45	Self-limited
2B	46	M	2	26/76	<200	8	<200	18/25	28	<200b	10/13	Self-limited
3B	39	M	2	57/154	13,800	6	1,420	21/26	26	<200	21/29	Self-limited
4B	34	M	2	27/49	<200	9	<200	29/37	28	<200	25/17	Self-limited
5B	26	M	1	499/927	<200	13	<200	16/16	ND	ND	ND	Self-limited

^aPatients were studied at three different time points of the follow-up. ND, not determined; M, male. The lower limit of detection for HBV DNA is 200 copies/ml.

^bViremia evaluated at a later time point relative to immunological analysis.