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Table 3 Ratio of HCV RNA loads as determined by novel systems with degenerate probes or normal MGB probes compared with those determined by Roche Diagnostic Systems

From: Quantitation of substitutions at amino acid 70 in hepatitis C virus genotype 1b

Ratio of HCV RNA loads

Tested with normal probes (%)

Tested with degenerate probes (%)

<2

94 (68.1)

121 (87.7)

2–5

29 (21.0)

16 (11.6)

>5

15 (10.9)

1 (0.7)