Help converting HCV MEq/ml to IU/ML

[Iloveafullmoon]

Need help converting HCV MEq/ml to IU/ML. A close approximation is fine too.
RESULT: 53 H, UNITS: HCV MEq/ml

Thanks!!!

[jules2551]

I believe you would take teh 53 and divide it by 3 to get your Viral Load which would equal 17.6666.  That is what I could tell from reading the conversion charts.

But I am gonna bump this one up and let the "pros" answer this.  I could be completely off base.  If anything, call your Dr and ask him (that's if you can get him or his nurse on the phone)!

Have a great day

Jules

[hrsepwrguy]

Jules has it right

For converting numbers from eq to IU and vice versa, different labs use different conversion factors, in the range from 2 to 5 viruses per IU. If you do not know the factor that your lab uses, using a factor of three might be reasonable. That means: Viral loads given in eq/ml have to be divided by three to get the viral load in IU/ml. And, viral loads given in IU/ml have to be multiplied by three to get the result in eq/ml.

http://www.hepatitis.org.uk/s-crina/tests-pcr.htm