Table 3.

Characteristics of the 7 hepatitis B virus - positive patients

Patients	Age (yr)	Sex	Ethnicity	IBD	Immunosupression	Serology	Viral Load (copies/mL)	HBV states
1	54	Male	White	CD	Adalimumab	HBsAg+	135039	Chronic infection
					Azathioprine	Anti-HBs Ab-
						HBeAg+
						Anti-HBe Ab-
						Anti-HBc Ab+
2	56	Female	African american	CD	-	HBsAg+	244	Chronic infection
						Anti-HBs Ab-
						Anti-HBc Ab+
						HBeAg-
3	56	Female	White	CD	-	HBsAg+	121	Chronic infection
						Anti-HBs Ab-
						Anti-HBc Ab+
						HBeAg-
4	61	Male	African american	CD	-	HBsAg+	1000000	Chronic infection
						Anti-HBs Ab-
						HBeAg+
						Anti-HBe Ab-
						Anti-HBc Ab+
5	54	Female	African american	CD	Adalimumab	HBsAg-	< 10	Past infection,
						Anti-HBs Ab+		Naturally immune
						Anti-HBc Ab+
6	62	Female	African american	UC	-	HBsAg-	-	Past infection,
						Anti-HBs Ab+		Naturally immune
						Anti-HBc Ab+
7	64	Female	African american	CD	Prednisolone	HBsAg-	-	Past infection,
						Anti-HBs Ab+		Naturally immune
						Anti-HBc Ab+

UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; anti-HBc Ab: Hepatitis B core antibodies.