Hepatitis D virus RNA [log units/volume] (viral load) in Serum by NAA with probe detection

HDV RNA Ser NAA+probe-Log IU

Definition

HDV screening of all Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) patients is recommended and HDV viral load (HDVL) detection and measurement should be considered whether or not the patients already have antibodies to HDV. In CHB patients, HDV can occur as a co-infection or superinfection and the course of the disease may be accelerated. [PMID: 24293018] This term was created for, but is not limited in use to, ARUP Laboratories' Hepatitis Delta Virus Quantitative Real Time RT-PCR assay. The viral load is reported in IU/mL. The IU conversion factor, as determined by validation, is 1 IU/mL = 138 copies/mL.

3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication; 3SR SR; Amplif; Amplification; Amplified; Delta hepatitis; Dextro; DNA NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; DNA probe; HDV; Hep; Hep D; Hep Delta; Hepatis; Hepatit; Hepatitis delta virus; Hepatology; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; LAT; LCR; Ligase chain reaction; Ligation-activated transcription; Liver; Log ACNC; Log IU; Microbiology; NAA+probe; NAAT; NASBA; Nucleic acid sequence based analysis; PCR; Point in time; Polymerase chain reaction; Probe amp; Probe with ampification; Probe with target amplification; QBR; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; Ribonucleic acid; SDA; Serum; SR; Strand Displacement Amplification; TMA; Transcription mediated amplification; Viral load

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