Table 2.

Serological Profile of Patients with Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitus C (HCV) Viruses.

Variable Number (n=180) Percent
HBV Markers

Qualitative test (rapid)
 HBsAg positive 11 6.1

ELISA tests
 HBsAg positive 41 22.8
 HBeAg positive 1 0.6
 Anti-HBs+RNA 52 28.9
 Anti-HBe+RNA 16 8.9
 Anti-HBc+RNA 108 60.0

HCV Markers

Qualitative test (rapid)
 Anti-HCV+RNA 5 2.8

ELISA test
 Anti-HCV+RNA 3 1.7

Anti-HBc, hepatitis B core antibody; anti-HBe, hepatitis B e-antibody; anti-HBs, hepatitis B surface antibody; anti-HCV, hepatitis C antibody; HBeAg, hepatitis B e-antigen; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2022; 13(3): e0016. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2022 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10474