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. 2003 Aug;133(2):275–282. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02204.x

Table 2.

Levels of non-enveloped HCV core protein and HCV RNA sequences in supernatants and cryoprecipitates

Non-enveloped ‘free’ HCV core protein HCV RNA sequences


Positive (%) Negative (%) Mean ± s.d. (pg/ml) Positive (%) Negative (%) Mean ± s.d. (IU/ml)
Supernatants (30) 18 (60) 12 (40)  86·4 ± 96·7  P = 0·003 28 (93·3) 2 (6·7)  284 809 ± 426 987    P = 0·02
Cryoprecipitates (30) 30 (100)  0 318·5 ± 194 30 (100) 0 1789 313 ± 2 341 818