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. 2003 Jul;41(7):3046–3050. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3046-3050.2003

TABLE 1.

Evaluation of efficiency of HCV RNA recovery

Sample HCV RNA
IU log10 added Method IU log10 detected (b-DNA) Δlog10 Recovery (%)
HCV RNA 5.86 5.70
5.86 + 4.7 mg of tissue (HCV neg) RNA extraction 5.29 0.41 38.6
Serum HCV positive 5.86 5.65
5.86 + 4.7 mg of tissue (HCV neg) RNA extraction 5.94 0.29 50.7