TABLE 4.

Seroconversion sensitivity calculated with six natural and nine commercial serocoversion panels

Panel	No. of days to detection from first available bleed			Windows reduction by HCV Ag test
	HCV Ag	HCV RNA	Anti-HCVa
Natural
0001	30	30	66	36
0002	28	28	50	22
6045	0	0	37	37
6047	0	0	28	28
65064	36	34	67	31
65345	93	93	123	30
Commercial
30994B	0	0	48	48
6222	16	16	39	23
6225	17	17	49	32
6227	41	41	73	32
9041	24	24	61	37
PHV 901	72	72	104	32
PHV 905	4	0	21	17
PHV 908	0	0	19	19
PHV 917	12	12	83	71

^aTest is third generation, i.e., the third of its kind designed.