Quick question

[Cjb3695]

I was having a discussion and I wanted to know. If you become eab positive and eag negative, does that mean your immune system can control the virus? What exactly does it mean? Can you become eag positive again and eab negative?

[judas13]

    during our pre-employment medical examination for abroad (philippines} a HbeAg negative applicant can pass the medical examination because they consider it a healthy carrier and a HbeAg positive applicant are rejected because we are  considered an infectious carrier. so as what i understand in your post above, a HBEag positive carrier with a low HbsAg count can possibly get rid of the virus? is that right?
     so what are the good things we consider if we are HbeAg positive?
Actually in our country they are just looking the result of HbeAg and nothing more to consider if we are healthy carrier or not.

[stef2011]

http://archive.mail-list.com/hbv_research/message/20110401.134732.9a61358a.en.html

http://www.virologyj.com/content/8/1/362

http://archive.mail-list.com/hbv_research/message/20110317.124613.a23e7a52.en.html

[kinetix1208]

Can you give us a link where we can read about genotypes, what are the differences between them and what kind of test we need to do to know our genotype? Thanks in advance.

[stef2011]

immune control strts at hbsag levels below 1500iu/ml for genotype d, for geno b and c it is lower, i dont remember exactly but it was something like 200-300iu/ml

[Cjb3695]

oh ok thank you

[stef2011]

no meaning nowadays it was old wrong views, there are virus mutations when hbeag gets negative more than immune system control

hbsag levels can tell exactly immune system control, not hbeag