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    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
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    @fixhepc

    Hi 2b,

    There are several different ways results are reported.

    If a QUALITATIVE HCV RNA is requested the what you get back is a simple DETECTED/UNDETECTED

    If a QUANTITATIVE HVC RNA is requested then the results may look like

    < 15 Detected <15 Undetected N (where the <15 would go) N=HCV RNA not detected Where there is a <15 the is also often a < log 1.2 reported. If you post the data bits of your results I will tell you what it means. If it says undetected somewhere that means we can't see it (as well as it being <15)


    YMMV

    #7269
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    • Guardian Angel
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    @2b

    Hi Dr. Freeman, here’s what mine said, and test was titled this:
    “HEPATITIS C VIRAL RNA BDNA QUANTITATIVE”

    HCV RNA BY PCR QUANT <15 IU/mL <15
    Not Detected
    HCV RNA BY PCR QUANT <1.18 log IU/mL <1.18
    Not Detected

    Please note:
    Due to character limitations of some clients' LIS
    systems, viral load values greater than 10 million are
    reported using scientific exponential notation.
    For example a result of 10 Million (10,000,000) is
    reported as 10.0E6 IU/mL or copies/mL. If your LIS
    will accept the number of characters required for
    viral loads greater than 10 million, please contact
    your local service representative to have this
    reporting convention changed.
    The method used in this test is Real-Time PCR
    of the 5' UTR of the HCV genome.
    This test was performed using the COBAS(R) AmpliPrep/
    COBAS(R) TaqMan(R) HCV Test, v2.0.


    GT 2b; since 80’s, no prior tx, sofosbuvir and daclatasvir compounded from API’s at Kingswood Pharmacy in Sydney, started tx nov 6,2015, undetected at 4 wks, UND at 8 weeks, UND at 1 week after EOT, UND at 4 weeks after EOT and UND at 8 weeks after EOT. I feel GOOD!! I knew that I WOULD!””

    #7270
    dope-on-a-rope.jpgDr James
    • Guardian Angel
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    @fixhepc

    That’s undetected.

    The < 15 and < log 1.18 (1.2) are not printed by many labs when it is undetected. We do see <15 Detected Which means too low to count but still present. Yours is too low to count AND can't see any. It is zero.


    YMMV

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