| 摘要 |
The novel means by which whether a subject has chronic hepatitis B or not can be determined easily with a high degree of accuracy is disclosed. The method for detection of chronic hepatitis B according to the present invention comprises measuring the amount of anti-HBc IgG in a sample separated from a subject. In this method, the measured amount of anti-HBc IgG which is not less than a predetermined cut-off value is indicative of chronic hepatitis B in the subject. The cut-off value may be a value not less than 40 IU/mL, e.g., a value selected from the range of 100 IU/mL to 200 IU/mL. By the present invention, chronic hepatitis B can be detected based on the amount of anti-HBc IgG without measuring the total amount of HBc antibodies including anti-HBc IgM. |
