Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection —Reply

In Reply Thee in HBeAg has been referred to as an abbreviation for “envelope” in several recent studies. Magnius and Espmark first described a new antigenic specificity in individuals positive for Australia antigen (now known as HBsAg) and proposed the designation ofe for this new specificity. Although they did not state what thee stood for, others have reported that Magnius and Espmark meant for it to be a stand-alonee. Because the earliest publications do not refer to thee antigen as standing for envelope, we conclude that it does not. The review article has been corrected online and a correction notice appears in this issue.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research