The diagnostic significance of hepatitis C virus antibody levels for chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Background/Aims Although anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) assay is widely used to screen for HCV infection, it has a high false-positive (FP) rate in low-risk populations. We investigated the accuracy of anti-HCV signal-to-cutoff (S/CO) ratio to distinguish true-positive (TP) from FP HCV infection. Meth...

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Main Authors: Jin Gu Kang, Myoung Kuk Jang, Jung Hee Kim, Jang Han Jung, Ji Won Park, Sung Eun Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Myung Seok Lee, Ki Tae Suk, Dong Joon Kim, Hyoung Su Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2023-05-01
Series:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.kjim.org/upload/kjim-2022-350.pdf