Correlation of Quantitative Assay of HBsAg and Hepatitis B Virus DNA Levels Among Chronic HBV Patients Attending Pathologist Lancet Laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya

摘要

Background: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) viral load measurements is recommended for diagnosis and monitoring of patients on treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB). However, these diagnostic techniques are molecular-based and expensive and unavailable to majority of the Kenyan population. Quantitation of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by automated chemiluminescent micro-particle immunoassay has been proposed as a surrogate marker.