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A 30 year old patient comes in with symptoms of hepatitis. The following serological results are obtained: Hepatitis A IgM antibody negative, Hepatitis A IgG antibody positive, Hepatitis B surface antigen positive, Hepatitis B surface antibody negative, Hepatitis C antibody negative. This set of results suggests that the patient has acute:
A. Hepatitis A
B. Hepatitis B
C. Hepatitis C
D. Hepatitis A and B
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| mistral92
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answer is ( B)?
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| alice8
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B. Hepatitis B
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| asmi
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yes friends
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| Malaysian
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to the best of my knowledge Hep.A cannot be present in a chronic form and is always acute.....so despite the IgG being seen doesn't it still mean its acute hep.A also?
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| mani
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presence of IgG suggests an infection in the past
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