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Can you answer, is hepatitis c antibodies the same as having hepatitis c infection?
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No: About 25% of people who have hcv antibodies, indicating that they were exposed to this virus, will have spontaneously cleared the infection through their immune response. The only way to know if you actually have active infection is to test for hcv RNA (viral load). If the RNA is detected the person has active infection and could have liver damage.
Answered 2/7/2019
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