Thank you for a specific and clear answers, as well as for your attention to "our" problems! I already wrote to you. I have a weakly positive reaction to the antibody, and semiquantitative analysis (PCR) test for the presence of RNA result is negative (not detected). You wrote that I'm healthy and not contagious, but in the lab where I tested for antibodies and RNA (Skliflab), a doctor told me that maybe I carrier (which I am completely confused). Explain please: 1) Detected whether HCV RNA in the blood in carriers of? 2) On what basis are diagnosed with "carrier" (ie, as determined by the carrier)? Thanks again for your attention!

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist When carriers of meaning normal blood chemistry, ie the absence of abnormal liver function, in the presence of RNA. The absence of HCV RNA does not give grounds to make the diagnosis "carrier", as there is no hepatitis C virus similar question: ... In the blood test results, and \ \ \ "negative \ \ \", it means ...