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What Does The Following Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 17 Aug 2017

Question: Hi. I was recently tested for hep c. The test came back non-reactive. However, it says 0.01 at signal cutoff (or ractive) with range more than 1. What does my result mean and is it truly negative?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please follow..

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

You are reporting to have done anti-HCV and it came back 0.01 and the normal range was less than 1.
If yes, then you have negative anti- HCV, it means that you are not infected from virus C.

Hope it was helpful to you.
Feel free to ask further.

Dr.Klerida
Gastroenterologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (1 hour later)

Hi. Thank you. Yes, that is what was reported. I have attached a screenshot of my result. If you can take a look at it, it would be great.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You are not infected with hepatitis C

Detailed Answer:
Hi back
Yes, your test result is non reactive it means that you are not infected with C viruse.
I review your test result.
dr. klerida

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (4 minutes later)

One more question, why isn't the result 0.0? What do these values mean? Thank you.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi back
In clinical practice it is the same as 0.0 as 0.1. It is not important if it is not above 1.00
The only meaning of this value is that you are not infected with hepatitis C.
DR.Klerida

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar