grass roots - the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
1 A hepatitis C virus test. 2  This is a blood test that looks for antibodies against the hepatitis C virus. 3  It shows whether you have been exposed to the virus. 4  A rapid test is available that gives results in 20 minutes. 5  A blood test that looks for the genetic material (RNA) of the hepatitis C virus.
HCV lab results are confusing. I am looking at my lab results for hep c screening and am not sure what they mean. HCV Ab w/Rflx to RIBA says 8.9 High, s/c ratio 0.0-0.9 negative, RIBA result, negative. Then it says not infected with HCV, unless recent infection is suspected or other evidence exists to indicate HCV infection. Also, HCV RT-PCR, Quant (Non-graph), Hepatitis C Quantitation HCV not detected. HCV log 10, Unable to calculate result since non-numeric result obtained for component test.