Abstract
Recently, the measurement of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAb) and/or anti-hepatitis B surface antigen has been recommended before various therapies to identify patients at risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation. However, a recent study reported that HBV reactivation occurred in HBcAb-negative patients, indicating that it is challenging to identify patients with a history of HBV infection using conventional HBcAb reagent. We developed a highly sensitive HBcAb (HBcAb-HS) assay for reducing the risk of HBV reactivation. The HBcAb-HS assay is an automated chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay system, which is suitable for clinical use. The cut-off was set at 0.020 IU/mL from the distribution patterns of HBcAb-negative specimens, and we evaluated the performance of this assay compared with conventional reagents. This new assay showed a 27-81-fold greater sensitivity than conventional HBcAb reagents; the quantified measurement range was from 0.005 IU/mL to 1.500 IU/mL, and it showed excellent quantitative performance and correlated well with two conventional assays, using the HBcAb-positive specimens. Moreover, it showed 100% specificity for the 469 purchased HBcAb-negative specimens. Notably,...Continue Reading
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