Hepatitis C core antigen testing: a reliable, quick, and potentially cost-effective alternative to hepatitis C polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing acute hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is increasingly common among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men who have sex with men. We evaluated the efficacy of HCV core antigen in diagnosing acute HCV in an HIV-infected cohort. Compared with HCV polymerase chain reaction, core antigen proved sensitive (100%) and specific (97.9%). As a quick, simple, and cost-effective test, it has considerable utility in screening for acute HCV..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases - 60(2015), 2, Seite 263

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cresswell, Fiona V [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Martin [Sonstige Person]
Hughes, Daniel J [Sonstige Person]
Shaw, Simon G [Sonstige Person]
Homer, Gary [Sonstige Person]
Hassan-Ibrahim, Mohammed O [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Antigens
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Tests, Routine - economics
Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods
HIV patients
Health aspects
Hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C - diagnosis
Homosexuality
Immunoassay - economics
Immunoassay - methods
MSM (Men who have sex with men)
Men
Polymerase Chain Reaction - economics
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Polymerase chain reaction
RNA, Viral - blood
Reliability
Risk factors
Usage
Viral Core Proteins - blood

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciu782

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1956624457