Background and aims: Greenland is a hepatitis B (HBV) high-endemic country, but the only preventive measure against HBV is routine HBsAg testing of pregnant women and HBV vaccination of children born ...

The diagnosis of an active infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) relies on testing for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Over the decades the sensitivity of HBsAg assays has increased, and the most ...