Table 1.

Molecular, biochemical, and serological characterization of the nine HCV primary infections

Subject	Sample	Age (yr)/Sex	Duration of nfection (month)	Log10[HCVi RNA]a	ALT level (IU/mL)b	Result of ELISAc
A		28/F
	A1		0	7.12	116	Neg
	A2		8	6.90	69	Pos
	A3		12	6.58	92	Pos
B		30/M
	B1		0	7.27	110	Ne g
	B2		6	6.50	35	Pos
	B3		29	5.70	37	Pos
C		33/M
	C1		0	6.41	41	Pos
	C2		24	5.25	23	Pos
	C3		34	5.14	10	Pos

^a Number of HCV RNA molecules per mL plasma. Time zero is the time where the first sample was available; other time are times after time zero.

^b Normal value, < 40 IU/mL.

^cELISA: neg, negative; pos, posative.