Your chances of being cured of hepatitis C virus (HCV) are still good. In the old days, back when HCV treatment was long and used interferon, there were clear milestones that helped us know what the chances were of permanently clearing hep C.

Now with new HCV direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) things have changed. People can have low but detectable hep C viral loads (HCV RNA) at the end of and in the weeks following treatment, yet still respond to treatment.