The relation between anti-albumin antibodies and HBeAg/anti-HBe status as a marker of HB virus replication.
In this paper, the relation between anti-albumin antibodies and HBeAg/anti-HBe in patients with viral hepatitis B was studied. It was shown that anti-albumin antibodies occur more frequently in HBeAg-positive patients (48.1%) than in anti-HBe-positive patients (20.0%). In sera that contained anti-albumin antibodies it was found that HBeAg was positive in 60.5%, but only in 25.7% of sera which did not contain anti-albumin antibodies. The results were discussed from the point of view of a possible protective role of anti-albumin antibodies.
Bozic
M
M
Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Milosevic-Jovcic
N
N
Tosic
L
L
Ovoric
M
M
D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000276:immunology*; D014779:Virus Replication
D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens; D012709:Serum Albumin