Practice of FibroTest for hepatitis BUp one level FibroTest and
ActiTest are non-invasive diagnostic tools for hepatitis B. This
article offers a review of HBV, its lesions and then the use of
these diagnostic tests on a day-to-day basis. Hepatits B virus -
A brief reminder Short history of HBV In the mid-1960's, it was
shown that some post-transfusion cases of hepatitis were due to
the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Then in the 1970's it was
discovered that HBV was also transmitted from mothers to their
children and through sexual relations. A diagnostic test was
then developed along with a vaccine at the beginning of the
1980's. Mode of transmission Transmission occurs from the mother
to her child, via the sexual route and via the blood route
(transfusion, drug use, tatooing, piercing and iatrogenic
exposure. Natural history of the disease About 300 million
people have chronic HBV infection worldwide. There are two types
of chronic HBV infection: one associated with the wild-type
virus, which is diagnosed by the