Preferred Specimen(s) 1 mL serum
Transport Container Plastic screw-cap vial
Transport Temperature
- Refrigerated 5 days,
- -20oC 4 weeks
Reject Criteria
- Gross hemolysis
- Lipemia
- Plasma
Methodology Chemiluminescene
Clinical Significance Persistence of HBeAg for greater than 6 months is a prognostic indicator of a chronic hepatitis B virus carrier state.