How long can persist in the blood of antibodies to hepatitis B virus (AHBs, AHBe, AHbcor total.) If for 2-3 years, these antibodies are detected in the absence of clinical manifestations of hepatitis in the absence of antigen and the virus (by PCR), can talk about a chronic infection?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist These antibodies say that you've had hepatitis B and recovered. They will present you all my life. Similar question: the question ... Antibody to HB-core antigen appear in acute hepatitis B in the blood soon after ...