The fourth weakly positive test for hepatitis B refers to some of the five tests for hepatitis B. The fourth test refers to the hepatitis B e antibody, which is found in the blood and is often seen after infection with the hepatitis B virus, either because the person is still in a minor triple-positive state or because the person has cleared the hepatitis B virus. In cases where the hepatitis B virus has been cleared, there is also a positive core antibody and surface antibody to hepatitis B. If you are still infected, you will also have a positive core antibody and surface antigen for hepatitis B. This is the minor triple-positive status. It is not too common for the fourth item to be weakly positive alone. If the quantification of the five hepatitis B items reveals that only the fourth item is weakly positive and any of the other items are in the negative range, this is not a particularly common result and it is recommended that a review be conducted and combined with the highly sensitive quantification of hepatitis B virus DNA to determine whether there is hepatitis B virus infection.