Thank-you for the info. I have been waiting for labcorp to respond but it's been a few days. This defiantely is helpful.
I believe it was the WHO(not the band ) that changed it from copies to standarized units a number of years ago.
And I believe different labs have different correlating numbers of IU's to copies to confuse further.
Will
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That is correct. I have had the quantasure test performed and have copies of the lab reports. It states lower limit of quantification is 2iu/ml or 5cp/ml. So the conversion factor is 2.5cp=1iu, at least for the quantasure test.
Never figured out where or why or how they came up with that. I once read on the internet the analogy, "I'm going to hold a meeting with one hundred international people units. I need 250 chairs."
I believe the Conv factor for 1 IU/Ml is 2.5 copies or possibly 2.7 if I remember correctly.
On a lab report the VL reading is significant by the IU/Ml number calculated
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best ..
Will