Dynamics of HBV-DNA level in acute hepatitis B / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To verify the mechanism of the hepatitis B viral clearance using clinical data.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Viral level and HBV marker in serum were analyzed in 12 patients with acute hepatitis B.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The clearance of hepatitis B virus occurred before the patients were hospitalized in 66.7% of patients. The viral level and the A value of HBsAg;HBeAg declined gradually during hospitalization.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>In most of patients with acute hepatitis B in the study, the virus was cleared without destruction of infected cells.</p>