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TABLE 3.

Identification of the phenotype of HCV NS3-positive cells by real-time PCR and double immunostaining in autopsy brain tissue samples from 12 HCV-infected patients^a

Patient no.	Dominant cell-identifying transcript	% Positive by immunostaining for:
Patient no.	Dominant cell-identifying transcript	CD68	GFAP	NeuN	CNPase
1	CD68⁺	86	18	0	0
2	CD68⁺	95	12	0	0
3	CD68⁺	90	9	0	0
4	CD68⁺	83	6	0	0
5	CD68⁺	80	29	0	0
6	CD68⁺	95	7	0	0
7	CD68⁺	92	5	0	0
8	CD68⁺	90	8	0	0
9	CD68⁺	90	11	0	0
10	CD68⁺	86	4	0	0
11	CD68⁺	85	12	0	0
12	CD68⁺	93	8	0	0

All five HCV-negative control patients, two of whom were HIV positive, were negative for NS3 staining.