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. 2004 Apr;42(4):1631–1636. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1631-1636.2004

TABLE 1.

Direct detection of HCV in serum specimens from Thai subjects with antibodies to HCV

Specimen characteristic No. of specimens tested Assay No. (%) of specimens positive
All 820 HCV core Ag, quantitative 629 (76.7)
Selected for HCV RNA testing 204 HCV core Ag, quantitative 146 (71.6)
HCV RNA, qualitative 168 (82.4)