What Does Hepatitus Viral Load Mean

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Hep C Viral Load vs HIV Viral Load

About 10 years ago I was diagnosed with having Hep C. My Mother was able to get me on medication which was a combination of Interferon, and Riboviron (spelling on both) It was a shot 3 times a week with a number of pills in the morning, and at...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I suspect you had testing of your hepatitis C viral load test with an ultrasensitive assay and you have a viral load that is nearly non-detectable. Yes, I agree that you need follow up for that but this is quite encouraging.You should do well on... Read more »

epstine virus + hepatitus A positive

Doctor (p.a. stanford clinique) found high load of "Epstine" virus in my bloodand anti-body to hepatitus A. HIV test is negative,but HIV symptoms are present (fatigue at the morning,weight loss, nite sweats, so on, for many years).How...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Antibodies to hepatitis A (HAV)indicate you have had that viral infection in the past and are immune. Not sure what the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) "high load" means. We can measure antibodies or EBV specific antigens in blood. There is a... Read more »

HCV Viral Load

will you please explain to me what this means.~~ Viral load result for HCV RNA is 493,000IU/ML the log 10 value of HCV rna is 5.7test information: hep c rna quant real-time pcr (log iu/ml) could you break it down for me and tell me what it means,...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Your HCV viral load is in the low to moderate range. The average viral load is about 1-2 million. The IU number and log10 copy number are the same number expressed in different mathematical ways. You nede to discuss with a liver specialist whether... Read more »

hcv viral load

my viral load is 600,ooo what does that mean...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

That means you are chronically infected with HCV. That is also a low viral load level for HCV infection.... Read more »

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hiv viral load

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

took hiv viral load after 6 months exposure they did the old
hiv viral load not the one that can detect down to 20 copies
hiv viral load <400. would your viral load be over 400 after 6 months exposure? Read more »

Rising viral load?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

What does it mean when you're viral load is stable for a long time and then suddenly starts jumping a lot? my other #'s are going down too. I dont know whats wrong with me or why this is hapening but maybe someone here knows what could cause this.... Read more »

Is the Viral Load really undetectable.

Posted by Atheena, 1 Reply

I have submitted my question to "Ask the Experts" section. Just curious on how others are thinking about this.

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I was wondering about how well we are able to track the viral load accurately. I watch my lab results, nothing changes, and... Read more »

Viral Load

Posted by dee99gt, 4 Replies

I've been taking Atripula since about august 2010. Before they started me on the pill my viral load was 2698385. One month later its at 24483.. Jan 2011 it was at 4742.. and I just went two days ago and its at 591.. My doctor mentioned it takes... Read more »

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