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I have "anticorpi anti- HCV reactive 13,42 . What means ???
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Thank you !
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This means you have tested positive for Hepatitis C  "antibodies" and hopfully the physcician who ran this test follows up with an HCV/RNA by PCR blood test to ascertain whether or not you indeed have HCV.

There is a very slim chance with that number that this was a "false poitive " result  or even possibly that you at  one time contracted HCV and your own immune system fought it off (this happens in aprrox 15-25 % of cases)

Good luck... and welcome.....
Will
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