Hello , I was diagnosed in 2022 , ghost tested a few month ago , can you please tell me what those numbers mean
Hi @ zemazima
Your HBV PCR= 398 and HBV PCR viral load =2.6 This means that your HBV viral load is low (<2,000 IU/ml) and your status of chronic HBV infection is most likely inactive stage or immune control inactive carrier . Please
Measurement of HBV DNA levels can help in diagnosis of HBV infection and indicate stage of disease activity that is active or inactive HBV infection. The log equivalent values are used to compare with the results of the previous HBV DNA levels or next . If we calculate HBV viral load that is detected in units of IU/ml , it is difficult to use the test results which has indefinitely large amount of virus when compare increase or decrease in viral load . Therefore, Converting the number of virus in the blood into common logarithm number (logarithm base10 ) can easy to use in clinical practice. I hope this may help you understand your test results.
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Chulapong Chanta. MD. Pediatrics