Source BA, is Senior Project Officer, National Policy and Education Division, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine - Sydney, New South Wales.

The diagnosis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is established through serological testing. The diagnostic panel for hepatitis B serology - allowing determination of susceptibility, active infection, or immunity through vaccination or past infection - includes testing for: hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc).