Viral Load Chart

Viral Load Equivalents per Milliliter (EQ/ML)

Conversion to Logarithmic Form

(Viral Load is how many viral particles per ML of blood)

*[HCV-RNA (qPCR)-negative] is defined as less than 100 copies/ml of hepatitis C viral RNA as measured by the National Genetics Institute assay. Keep in mind, different labs do the PCR test differently. There is no set protocol for this test as of yet so results vary from lab to lab.

 200,000 to 1,000,000 low

           1,000,000 to 5,000,000 medium

       5,000,000 to 25,000,000 high

     Above 25,000,000 very high

EQ/ML

Log (EQ/ML)

EQ/ML

Log

(EQ/ML)

100,000

5.000

5,250,000

6.720

150,000

5.176

5,500,000

6.740

200,000

5.301

6,000,000

6.778

250,000

5.398

6,250,000

6.796

300,000

5.477

6,500,000

6.813

350,000

5.544

7,000,000

6.843

400,000

5.602

7,250,000

6,860

450,000

5.653

7,500,000

6,875

500,000

5.699

8,000,000

6.903

550,000

5.740

8,250,000

6.916

600,000

5.778

8,500,000

6.929

700,000

5.584

9,000,000

6.954

750,000

5.875

10,000,000

7.000

800,000

5.903

10,500,000

7.021

850,000

5.929

11,000,000

7.041

900,000

5.954

11,500,000

7.060

950,000

5.978

12,000,000

7.079

1,000,000

6.000

12,500,000

7.097

1,050,000

6.021

13,000,000

7.113

1,100,000

6.041

13,500,000

7.130

1,150,000

6.060

14,000,000

7.146

1,200,000

6.079

15,000,000

7.176

1,250,000

6.097

16,000,000

7.204

1,300,000

6.113

17,000,000

7.230

1,350,000

6.130

18,000,000

7.255

1,400,000

6.146

19,000,000

7.278

1,450,000

6.161

20,000,000

7.301

1,500,000

6.176

21,000,000

7.322

1,550,000

6.190

22,000,000

7.342

1,600,000

6.204

23,000,000

7.361

1,650,000

6.217

24,000,000

7.380

1,700,000

6.230

25,000,000

7.398

1,750,000

6.243

26,000,000

7.414

1,800,000

6.255

27,000,000

7.431

1,850,000

6.267

28,000,000

7.447

1,900,000

6.278

29,0500,000

7.362

1,950,000

6.290

30,000,000

7.477

2,000,000

6.301

35,000,000

7.544

2,200,000

6.342

40,000,000

7.602

2,250,000

6.352

45,000,000

7.653

2,500,000

6.398

50,000,000

7.699

3,000,000

6.477

55,000,000

7.740

3,250,000

6.511

60,000,000

7.778

3,500,000

6.544

70,000,000

7.845

4,000,000

6.602

75,000,000

7.875

4,250,000

6.628

80,000,000

7.903

4,500,000

6.653

90,000,000

7.954

5,000,000

6.699

99,000,000

7.995