copies/ml is an old unit not fda approved anymore only old assays have that unit.units are now in iu/ml so that there is same unit for all hbvdna, hbsag and hbeag assays
the best and more sensitive kits are from abbott in general with pcr real-time for hbvdna (detects lower than 10 with quantity and then qualitatively goes down to a couple of units, there are different pcr realtime with different sensitivity and of coruse the more sensitive the better)
to change from iu/ml to copies/ml you can multiply by 5.6 or 5.8 according to the lab, you don't get exactly copies/ml but about that cause there is no exact correlation between the assays
in western countries copies/ml shouldn't be used anymore since there is enough money to use the new and more sensitive assays
i know if both the lower the better
i mean to ask is what is the difference if i have my result in copies/ml how i can convert it into IU/ML and vise versa
Thanks
copies/ml is an old unit not fda approved anymore only old assays have that unit.units are now in iu/ml so that there is same unit for all hbvdna, hbsag and hbeag assays
the best and more sensitive kits are from abbott in general with pcr real-time for hbvdna (detects lower than 10 with quantity and then qualitatively goes down to a couple of units, there are different pcr realtime with different sensitivity and of coruse the more sensitive the better)
to change from iu/ml to copies/ml you can multiply by 5.6 or 5.8 according to the lab, you don't get exactly copies/ml but about that cause there is no exact correlation between the assays
in western countries copies/ml shouldn't be used anymore since there is enough money to use the new and more sensitive assays