Abstract
The periods of persisting immunoglobulin M class antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen in 28 patients with acute hepatitis B infections and in 134 patients with chronic hepatitis B infections were studied by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an indirect immunofluorescence technique. We showed that the clearance of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen is independent of the degree of viremia in both forms of hepatitis.
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