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A 5-year-old boy is detected to be HBsAg positive on two separate occasions during a screening program for hepatitis B. He is otherwise asymptomatiC. Child was given three doses of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine at the age of 1 year. His mother was treated for chronic hepatitis B infection around the same time. The next relevant step for further investigating the child would be to:

AObtain HbeAg and anti-Hbe levels
BObtain anti-Hbs levels
CRepeat HbsAg
DRepeat another course of Hepatitis B vaccine
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