Longstanding, undiagnosed, highly replicative hepatitis B virus reactivation in the presence of high levels of anti-HBs antibodies
This case highlights the usefulness of frequent and systematic HBV viral load testing in patients at risk of reactivation, with anti-hepatitis B core antibodies, regardless of HBsAg detection, aminotransferases, and anti-HBs antibody levels.
Authors
- Emmanuel Faure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2618-2706)
- Magali Bouvier‐Alias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1590-5980)
- Didier Hober (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4301-2074)
- Enagnon Kazali Alidjinou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1106-9826)
- Mahdi Ouafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6544-9795)
- Alexandre Réguème (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-7772)
- Stéphane Chevaliez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6913-9017)
- Aurélie Guigon
- V. Canva
- Laurence Bocket
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laboratory Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmaf003
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00