Performance of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Core Antigen Assay in the Diagnosis of Recently Acquired HCV Infection among High-Risk Populations

Performance of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Core Antigen Assay in the Diagnosis of Recently Acquired HCV Infection among High-Risk Populations

ABSTRACT How the hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen (HCVcAg) assay performs in detecting recently acquired HCV infection among people living with HIV (PLWH) and HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) is rarely assessed in the Asia-Pacific region. High-risk participants, including PLWH with s...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Yun Sun, Wang-Da Liu, Chih-Wen Wang, Yu-Ju Wei, Kuan-Yin Lin, Yu-Shan Huang, Li-Hsin Su, Yi-Ting Chen, Wen-Chun Liu, Yi-Chin Su, Yea-Wen Chen, Yu-Chung Chuang, Po-Liang Lu, Chien-Ching Hung, Ming-Lung Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
men who have sex with men
sexually transmitted infection
viral hepatitis
preexposure prophylaxis
HCV viremia
pooled-plasma HCV RNA testing
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00345-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00345-22

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