Table 4. Reproducibility of HCV Real-Time RT-PCR Assay Runs on Four Plasma Samples.

Mean of 5 Runs	Mean of Threshold Cycles (Ct)
	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3	Sample 4
Values a	30.45 ± 0.17	28.91 ± 0.32	23.54 ± 0.20	18.36 ± 0.15
CV b	0.55	1.10	0.84	0.81

^a Data are presented as mean ± SD.

^b Abbreviation: coefficient of variation.