Hepatitis C Virus
Hepatitis C virus RNA is detectable in the liver of RNA-negative patients
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 14th, 2006
"It is unknown whether HCV is present in the liver of anti-HCV antibody positive patients with persistently normal ALT levels and undetectable serum HCV RNA levels," wrote V. Carreno and colleagues, Foundation Estudio Hepatitis Virales.
They explained, "We determined the presence of genomic and antigenomic HCV RNA strands in liver biopsy specimens and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-08-14)
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