Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for almost 1 in every 4 deaths, and affecting significantly more men than women. 1  Annually there are around 2,626,418 deaths registered in the U.S. with the leading top 10 causes accounting for nearly 75 percent of all deaths.
WHAT DOES HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY TOTAL - REACTIVE MEAN. It means that you are infected with hbv or you have cleared the virus. HepB Core Antibody Total = HepB Core IgM Antibody + HepB Core IgG Antibody.
A negative test for hepatitis B antigen only means that you are NOT a chronic carrier and DONT have acute hepatitis. It tells you nothing about your prior vaccination. If you want to know if you are immune (by vaccination or by prior infection), then you need to knwo what your hepatits B ANTIBODY status is.I'm sure your doctor did this test at the same time as the antigen test. If your hepatitis B antibody is also negative, youre not immune and need vaccination.If the antibody is positive, you are immune and dont need a vaccination.f you want to see if someone has been vaccinated you have to check hepatitis B SURFACE ANTIBODY, not the antigen. A positive antibody test means either you have had hepatitis B in the past and got over it. OR you have been vaccinated.