Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Quantitative, Real-time PCR

Determine the number of international units (IU) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA per milliliter in serum or plasma in known HCV-positive patients The quantifiable range of the assay is 15 IU/mL to 100,000,000 IU/mL.

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