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Hepatitis B (chronic): diagnosis and management

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  • Reference number: CG165
  • Published:  26 June 2013
  • Last updated:  20 October 2017
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  • Chronic hepatitis B
  • Your healthcare team
  • Being referred for specialist care
  • Tests for liver disease
  • Genetic tests
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  • Tests for liver cancer
  • Questions to ask about chronic hepatitis B
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Genetic tests

Genetic tests that determine the strain of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) you are infected with (genotype tests) are available and are currently used in medical research. You should not be offered a genotype test to help choose initial drug treatment.

This page was last updated: 01 June 2013


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