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HEPATITIS B recommending routine a different viral protein
Transmissio childhood hepatitis B called core antigen.
vaccination. Some
n sources say that as many
The body's immune
response against the
The hepatitis B virus is as one-third of Americans virus is usually very
most easily spread by with chronic hepatitis B effective because most
infected body fluids infection were infected as people will completely
coming into contact with infants or young children. get rid of the virus.
y o u r m u c o u s Depending on how
membranes or blood. Diagnosis vigorous this immune
Body fluids which are Doctors diagnose response is, and the
most often identified as hepatitis B by testing your degree of infection, you
infectious are blood, blood for the presence of might not even realize
saliva, semen and antibodies to a specific you are sick!
vaginal secretions. For part of the hepatitis B However, some people
health care workers, virus. That specific part is do not clear the virus and
many more body fluids called HBsAG, and it they develop chronic
are considered stands for hepatitis B hepatitis B. Doctors
potentially infectious and surface antigen. This diagnose this disease by
precautions are required. antigen is actually viral measuring both HBsAg
The most common ways protein that the body will and the antibody to the
that hepatitis B virus recognize as something core protein, called anti-
spreads is through that shouldn't be around HBc. People with chronic
sexual or extremely and will start developing hepatitis B have both of
familiar contact with an immune response these circulating in their
someone infected, against it. blood.
sharing needles and Another antibody that
syringes with someone doctors measure in your
infected, and the birthing blood, called IgM anti-
process from an infected HBc, is an even better
mother to the child. In test for establishing acute
fact, this last type of hepatitis B infection. This
spread, called perinatal measures the IgM
transmission, was so antibody created by your
common that public body's immune system to
health officials began
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