{
  "abstract": "We appreciate the comments by Fan et al 1 on our recent publication entitled ‘Hepatitis B surface antigen level identifies patients with inactive chronic hepatitis B from Asia with HCC risk below surveillance threshold’.2 They also shared their data from 4386 patients with inactive chronic hepatitis B (CHB), which showed similarities with our findings.1",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Tai-Chung Tseng"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan",
        "Biomedical Translation Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Doctoral Program of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Hwai-I Yang"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan",
        "Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan"
      ],
      "name": "Jia-Horng Kao"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Reply: Prevalence of serum HBsAg <100 IU/mL in inactive chronic hepatitis B",
  "uid": "c1fc06ef-27b9-5396-819a-8e151de8b1f1"
}