DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1561-1563.2006
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HIV and HCV infection characteristics and performances of the Ag-Ab assay expressed as delays of HCV infection detection compared to those by reference methods
Patient no. Age (yr) HIV viral load (no. of copies/ml)a CD4 count (no. of cells/mm3) First positive HCV PCR result (log10 IU/ml) HCV genotype Time (days) to resultb PCR, Ab PCR, Ag-Ab Ag-Ab, Ab Threshold 1 Threshold 0.5 Threshold 1 Threshold 0.5 1 46 <200 668 6.75 4d 85 0 0 85 85 2 50 <200 670 4.65 3a 32 26 26 6 6 3 39 <200 681 6.08 1a 100 0 0 100 100 4 35 <200 389 >6.89 3a 37 9 0 28 37 5 50 39,000 410 5.97 4d 0 0 0 0 0 6 42 <200 618 5.64 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 55 <200 227 6.06 3a 5 0 0 5 5 8 47 <200 394 5.94 3a 78 0 0 78 78 9 53 <200 322 6.44 3a 0 0 0 0 0 10 51 <200 514 >6.89 1a 131 131 0 0 131 11 38 <50 657 6.67 4 −c − 0 − − 12 48 238 478 6.81 4d 62 0 0 62 62 13 53 <20 801 4.48 3 94 94 18 0 76 14 51 <200 214 >6.89 4d 106 0 0 106 106 15 31 <200 187 6.09 4d 148 99 0 49 148 16 34 <200 408 6.84 4 143 0 0 143 143 17 56 <200 582 >6.89 4d 89 0 0 89 89 18 61 1,960 355 <2.78 1a 126 126 126 0 0 19 46 75,900 439 6.71 1 56 0 0 56 56 20 31 2,570 660 6.49 4 93 0 0 93 93 Total 47d 200d 478d 6.58d 77e 27e 9e 50e 68e