Research Article
New Tools in HCV Diagnosis, in Light of the Enhanced Awareness and the New Drugs for Treatment: SMARTube and Stimmunology
Table 4
Stimulation Index (SI) distribution among HCV infection disease stages (according to clinical laboratory results of HCV antibody testing on current assays).
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*HCV infections missed by regular serology, but detected using the SMARTube blood pretreatment step. **HCV seropositives, confirmed by local algorithms. |