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Hepatitis Made EASY 🍻🦠

Hello my Little Gang of Nasties 😜😈

Let’s talk Hepatitis: one of the biggest ASCP trap topics. Everybody thinks they know it until that serology chart shows up on the exam and you're cooked.

Here’s the breakdown:

+ HBsAg = you’re infected (active or chronic)
+ Anti-HBs = you’re immune (vaccine or past infection)
+ Anti-HBc IgM = acute infection
+ Anti-HBc IgG = chronic or past infection
+ HBeAg = high infectivity

S = Surface, C = Core, E = Infectiousness

A 36-year old woman is a known intravenous drug abuser, and gives a history of "several previous episodes of hepatitis". The laboratory workup is as follows:

HBsAg- Reactive

anti-HBs- Negative

anti-HBc- Total Positive

anti-HBc IgM- Negative

anti-HAV- Total Positive

anti-HCV- Positive

anti-HAV IgM- Negative

A. Hepatitis D Virus (HDV)

B. Acute Hepatitis C

C. Acute Hepatitis A

D. Chronic Hepatits B

Comment your answer below and use the attached chart if necessary! There's more practice questions at the end of the .pdf!