Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HCV-infected patients following sustained virologic response.

Table 5 demonstrates the correlation between the posttreatment variables and the persistence of HCVRNA in the PBMCs; there is a highly significant positive correlation between the posttreatment levels of the liver enzymes ALT and AST and PBMC HCV RNA positivity (ALT had r = 0.57 and P < 0.0001, while AST had r = 0.61 and P < 0.0001).

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