Good afternoon, dear readers. Today I want to share information about a test for diagnosing hepatitis B with the international abbreviation Anti-HBs. This is a test that allows you to determine whether a person has antibodies in his blood against the hepatitis B virus - human or animal origin. It should be noted that the Anti-HBc test cannot be used to diagnose the presence of antibodies against the virus, as it detects antibodies that appear 6 weeks after infection.
There are two categories of tests for the presence of the virus - accurate and inaccurate. When accurate tests for the presence