What Is Log In A Hcv Viral Load Test

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HI,The e-room doctor was not able to explain these results to me. Fatigue is my biggest problem. The figures are:ALP:48*LAST: 29ALT 33HCV RNA QN 230758HCV BDNA LOG 5.4*HALSO IRREGULAR:CO2 VENOUS 21.0 LMCH 31.9HI was told the test would determine my...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

From those results all you can determine is that you have chronic HCV infection with a relatively low viral load and there is no genotype listed in those results or any way to determine it with those results. It is a separate test.... 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 query

Thank you so much for this website.My husband has had HCV genotype 1a for quite a long time. It was detected 3 years ago and his viral load in 2006 was 10,100,000 IU/ML Last month, his viral load was tested for the 2nd time and it was 3,790 IU/ML,...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It would be extremely unlikely in the absence of HCV treatment or acute HCV infection that the viral load would have dropped that significantly. When you say a long time, do you mean he had the infection for a long time prior to 2006? If not, and he... Read more »

People who have positive HCV antibody tests and negative viral loads

If somebody hasnt had any treatment, and his viral loads are negative that means he was exposed to the virus but now he is clean, what does it mean?The virus could shows again? Does he have to folow any special cares?Thank You for your answer...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

In general a positive HCV antibody test and negative viral load indicates exposure and clearing of the infection. This has been reported to happen in about 20% of people exposed. It is unclear as to the probability of reemergence of active, chronic... Read more »

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