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. 2014 Jan 22;4(1):31–35. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1093

Table 3: Comparison between real-time-PCR assay and HC2 assay for HBV DNA detection (n = 66)

HBeAg status      Number of cases (%)      HBV DNA by real-time-PCR      HBV DNA by HC2 assay     
          Detectable      U5detectable      Detectable      U5detectable     
Positive      39 (59.09)#      39 (100)      0      29 (74.36)      10 (25.64)
          6.37 ± 1.89*           7.13 ± 1.09*          
Negative      27 (40.91)      21 (77.78)      6 (22.22)      11 (40.74)      16 (59.26)     
          5.09 ± 1.65*           6.46 ± 0.96*          
Total      66      60 (90.91)      6 (9.09)      40 (60.61)      26 (39.39)     
          5.93 ± 1.90*           6.95 ± 1.08*          

#Figure within parentheses indicates percentage; *HBV DNA (mean ± SD) [log10 (copies/ml)]. PCR: Polymerase chain reaction; HBV: Hepatitiis B virus; HC2; Hybrid capture 2