Many common misconceptions exist, including that tests for anti-HBc have high false-positive rates, that patients with anti-HBc alone or occult hepatitis B may profit from “vaccine boosting” to achieve immune control of HBV, and that anti-HBc(+)/anti-HBs(+) patients have cleared HBV when ...
Infectivity of VSV-HCV pseudotype viruses is measured via plaque formation, i.e., by determination of pseudotype PFU (plaque-forming units) titer. The validity of results obtained with the VSV-HCVpp test has been questioned (see, e.g., Buonocore et al. 2002). Other tests that do not...