Acute Hepatitis B can be earliest diagnosed by?
IgM anti HBc ab
Hbs Ag
IgC anti HBc abs
Anti HBs Ag ab
For the diagnosis of HBV infection detection of HBsAg in the blood is all that ordinarily necessary. The simultaneous presence of IgM anti-HBc indicates recent infection.occassionally when the level of HBsAg is too low to be detectable, the diagnosis has to be made by testing for IgM anti-HBc. REF:ANANTHANARAYAN AND PANIKER'S TEXTBOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9TH EDITION PAGE NO-547
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