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

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-266

  Cresswell, Fiona V ^a   Fisher, Martin ^a,b   Hughes, Daniel J ^a   Shaw, Simon G ^a   Homer, Gary ^a   Hassan Ibrahim, Mohammed O ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute hepatitis C; diagnosis; hepatitis C core antigen; PCR

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C CORE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORE PROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C CORE ANTIGEN TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 84924935494     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu782     Document Type: Article

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