RE: Non-reactive Hep B titer... what does this mean?

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Pam,

For hepatitis nonreactive=negative. HBsAg is a test for the antigen, or

the virus itself. You would expect it to be negative except in the case

of active hepatitis. The school should be interested in anti-HBs (also

called HBsAb), which the antibody produced in response to the

immunization.

Jim

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Subject: [ ] Non-reactive Hep B titer... what does this

mean?

Hi all,

I am TRYING to figure out my son's recent viral titers for school on

Tuesday. His Hep B Surface AG came back as 'non reactive'.

That is different from negative, right? What does this mean as far

as using the results for that good old 'proof of immunity' for the

vaccine exemption form?

My son (5) is fully vaccinated up to age 2, which means he had 3

doses of the Hep B vaccine.

Oh, also, tetanus came back in the 'indeterminate' range. Is that

considered a negative/not-immune for school purposes? He rec'd 3

DtaP shots.

Augh. This is all so frustrating. I was sure we had a mumps,

chicken pox and polio titers drawn, but they aren't in the

results. So far, he has positive immunity for rubella and rubeola.

Thanks for any input.

Pam

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[Guest guest]

So, could this be a lab error as far as which type of test they were

supposed to run? Rats. From what I remember, the scrip from Dr.

Usman read 'quantitative titers' for each of the viruses tested.

Quantitative was underlined multiple times.

Rats. Rats. Rats. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

Pam

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> Pam,

>

> For hepatitis nonreactive=negative. HBsAg is a test for the

antigen, or

> the virus itself. You would expect it to be negative except in

the case

> of active hepatitis. The school should be interested in anti-HBs

(also

> called HBsAb), which the antibody produced in response to the

> immunization.

>

> Jim

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> From:

> [mailto: ] On Behalf Of noaholiviaian

> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:13 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Non-reactive Hep B titer... what does

this

> mean?

>

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> I am TRYING to figure out my son's recent viral titers for school

on

> Tuesday. His Hep B Surface AG came back as 'non reactive'.

>

> That is different from negative, right? What does this mean as far

> as using the results for that good old 'proof of immunity' for the

> vaccine exemption form?

>

> My son (5) is fully vaccinated up to age 2, which means he had 3

> doses of the Hep B vaccine.

>

> Oh, also, tetanus came back in the 'indeterminate' range. Is that

> considered a negative/not-immune for school purposes? He rec'd 3

> DtaP shots.

>

> Augh. This is all so frustrating. I was sure we had a mumps,

> chicken pox and polio titers drawn, but they aren't in the

> results. So far, he has positive immunity for rubella and rubeola.

>

> Thanks for any input.

>

> Pam

>

>

>

>

>

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