2019 Hepatitis B Guidance Update on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B
2019 Hepatitis B Guidance Update on Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B - What is new in Diagnostics
Key points
- HBV is an incurable disease
- anti-HBc = cccDNA
- Stage all patients with imaging and noninvasive testing
- Determine phase of viral/liver disease looking at HBeAg status, ALT and HBV DNA
- Link all patients to care who are HBsAg+
- Determine who should be treated with an integration of ALT, HBV DNA quant and level of fibrosis
- Test all HBsAg patients for anti-HDV, HCV and consider HIV testing
- For patients who are HBsAg+: Test all contacts and family members for HBV using the triple panel of biomarkers
- Know the details of managing special populations
- Be aware of risk for HBV reactivation and guide monitoring according to risk level