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Prevalence of HBV DNA as detected by bDNA, HCII, and nPCR methods in relation to their HBeAg and anti-HBe status in 102 HBsAg-positive samples and in 22 HBsAg-negative samples
| Assay | No. of HBV DNA-positive samples (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBsAg+
|
HBsAg−(n = 22) | ||||
| HBeAg+ and anti-HBe−(n = 53) | HBeAg− and anti-HBe+(n = 46) | HBeAg− and anti-HBe−(n = 3) | Total (n = 102) | ||
| bDNA | 46 (87) | 12 (26) | 1 | 59 (58) | 0 |
| HCII | 50 (94) | 17 (37) | 1 | 68 (67) | 0 |
| nPCR | 53 (100) | 43 (93) | 3 | 99 (97) | 0 |
