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What Is The Hcv Test Results Same Always?
i had and hcv test done after three months from exposure and it came back .1 negai had and hcv test done after three months from exposure and it came back .1 negative but i am wondering why not just o.o and is this result more likely to go up on future testsi had and hcv test done afte19477
Fri, 27 Jun 2014
Hi,
As you have indicated a possible to exposure to HCV, you are getting routinely evaluated for it.
o.1 negative means the HCV RNA load is too low qualitatively to detect any virus by the standard method being applied. As you know most of the tests are not perfect and if a single virus a present, it is difficult to detect it.
The current test can detect if the viral load is more than 10, so any thing less than 10 cannot be detected. So based on percentage it is given as 0.1 (10/100) negative.
As you have done it after three months, it effectively means there is no detectable virus in you.
It cannot be given as 0.0 as the test is not accurate enough to detect every single virus. If it were to be any virus, it should have increased enough to be detected. Probably you have not been exposed enough to contract the disease.
It should not increase in future tests.
Hope it helps.
Any further query, happy to help again.
Dr. Jyothi BL
As you have indicated a possible to exposure to HCV, you are getting routinely evaluated for it.
o.1 negative means the HCV RNA load is too low qualitatively to detect any virus by the standard method being applied. As you know most of the tests are not perfect and if a single virus a present, it is difficult to detect it.
The current test can detect if the viral load is more than 10, so any thing less than 10 cannot be detected. So based on percentage it is given as 0.1 (10/100) negative.
As you have done it after three months, it effectively means there is no detectable virus in you.
It cannot be given as 0.0 as the test is not accurate enough to detect every single virus. If it were to be any virus, it should have increased enough to be detected. Probably you have not been exposed enough to contract the disease.
It should not increase in future tests.
Hope it helps.
Any further query, happy to help again.
Dr. Jyothi BL
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