Table 5.
Comparison between INFγ responses to different HCV peptides within the studied groups
| HCV peptide |
Group tested |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Positive P.I HCWs |
Chronic HCV HCW |
p |
Positive P.I HCWs |
Negative P.I HCWs |
p |
Chronic HCV HCW |
Negative P.I HCWs |
p |
|
| Median INFγ (pg/ml) | Median INFγ (pg/ml) | Median INFγ (pg/ml) | |||||||
| CORE |
2.16 |
0.065 |
0.103 |
2.16 |
0.83 |
0.119 |
0.065 |
0.83 |
0.376 |
| NS3 |
11.4 |
0.35 |
0.055 |
11.4 |
1.36 |
0.031 |
0.35 |
1.36 |
1 |
| NS4 |
3.31 |
0.28 |
0.026 |
3.31 |
0 |
0.004 |
0.28 |
0 |
0.811 |
| NS5 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.041 | 2 | 1 | 0.135 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.295 |
Significant difference (Wilson Rank Sum) (p ≤ 0.5) is indicated in bolded black print.