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Hepatitis B positive

2018-04-17 10:08:05
My husband have Hepatitis B positive and we have done HBV DNA QUANTITATIVE PCR TEST and the test result is HBV VIRAL DNA - HBV DETECTED, HBV VIRAL DNA LOAD - 32889 IU/ml ( 49334 copies/ml). I would like to know about this result is this Acute or Chronic?
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Hello mam, your husbands reports are suggestive of high number of hbv DNA copies for which treatment is advisable. It's most likely chronic. Hbv DNA above 20000 IU/ml requires treatment.
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