Table 5.
Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Infection Who Can Be Followed Every 6 to 12 Months by Their Primary Care Provider[4]
| Persons < 30 years of age in the immune tolerant phase | HBeAg-positive |
| Persistently normal ALT | |
| Persons in the inactive hepatitis B phase | HBeAg-negative and anti-HBe-positive |
| Normal ALT | |
| HBV DNA < 2000 IU/mL |
HBeAg = hepatitis B e antigen; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; HBV = hepatitis B virus