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The well-posedness of solutions, including the existence of global solutions, uniqueness, non-negativity and ultimate boundedness, is established. The reproduction numbers for virus infection, cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response, antibody immune response, CTL immune competition and antibody immune competition, respectively, are calculated. By employing the Lyapunov functionals and linearization methods, the threshold conditions on the global stability of the infection-free equilibrium are obtained; and the threshold conditions on the uniform persistence and the global stability of the equilibria for immune-free, antibody response, CTL response and antibody and CTL responses, respectively, are established. The occurrence of Hopf bifurcation of the spatially homogeneous equilibria is also established. An application is provided, and numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the analytical results and verify the conjectures. Our findings reveal the rich and complex patterns of hepatitis B virus infection dynamics in vivo, including regular and irregular periodic oscillations. Irregular oscillations may signify immune disorders and allergies. 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