Performance of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Core Antigen Assay in the Diagnosis of Recently Acquired HCV Infection among High-Risk Populations
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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00345-22
Abstract: The HCV core antigen assay has a high specificity of 99.4% and negative predictive value of 99.5% but a lower sensitivity of 87.1% and positive predictive value of 85.7% in the diagnosis of recently acquired… read more here.
Keywords: hcv rna; high risk; hcv; risk ... See more keywords
Evaluation of Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Assay in a Resource-Limited Setting in Pakistan
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DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11081354
Abstract: The diagnosis of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can be challenging due to its cost and a lack of access to centralized testing. There is an urgent need to develop simplified HCV testing algorithms. The… read more here.
Keywords: resource limited; hcv; hcv rna; limited setting ... See more keywords