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Weakly positive

by dannyte, Nov 06, 2009 09:27PM

Hi, I am currently travelling round asia with my girlfriend.. I have been feeling very tired lately so i went for a blood test on a stop in thailand and got told i am hep c weakly positive on a hcv test (Immuno-diffusion rapid test) I really dont understand this as they were no help at all and said get re-tested in 3months!

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by zain2009, Nov 07, 2009 04:26AM

well all u have to do is to repeat the hcv antibody test by 3rd generation Elisa test if you are in Asia and if it comes positive than
consult a doc he will proceed with qualitative pcr for hcv .

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