A foster childâs return home is generally a planned activity, allowing the foster parent the opportunity to participate in the planning and to say good-bye to the foster child. This can be a difficult time, but the childâs return home represents a success. Returning home is the goal for most children in foster care.
Anti-HBs: Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen is a marker of immunity. Its presence indicates an immune response to HBV infection, an immune response to vaccination, or the presence of passively acquired antibody.
What is hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. It can cause either acute or chronic illness. Acute hepatitis B is a newly acquired infection that causes illness within six months or less of exposure to the hepatitis B virus.Chronic hepatitis B results from the hepatitis B virus remaining in the body for six months or more.eath from chronic liver disease or liver cancer occurs in 15-25% of chronically infected people. How lon g is a person able to spread hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is present before symptoms appear and while symptoms are present. Persons with the hepatitis B virus in their blood can spread hepatitis B to others.