Leaves of Sequoiadendron giganteum. Giant sequoias are the world's largest single trees and largest living thing by volume. Giant sequoias grow to an average height of 50â85 m (164â279 ft) and 6â8 m (20â26 ft) in diameter. Record trees have been measured to be 94.8 m (311 ft) in height.
The laboratory evaluation included tests for both hepatitis B and C. Tests for hepatitis C consisted of an alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test at a cost of $19.60 per test, an anit-HCV antibody screening test (EIA-2) costing $40.20, and a confirmatory recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) costing $148.90.
Although not of the same magnitude, the hepatitis C estimate can be compared with the cost of the human immunodeficiency virus ($30 billion in 1992), epilepsy ($11.1 billion in 1995), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ($23.9 billion in 1993), and cancer ($107 billion in 1994).e calculate that, on average, a hospital day for hepatitis C resulting in CLD costs 111.91% of the typical hospital day for all diseases and injuries. That is, hepatitis C resulting in CLD is roughly 12% more expensive than average.