title: Evidence for limited humoral immunoglobulin M antibody response to hepatitis B core antigen during acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infections.
abstract: The periods of persisting immunoglobulin M class antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen in 28 patients with acute hepatitis B infections and in 134 patients with chronic hepatitis B infections were studied by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an indirect immunofluorescence technique. We showed that the clearance of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen is independent of the degree of viremia in both forms of hepatitis.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000378:metabolism*; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D007075:Immunoglobulin M