Hepatitis C Prevalence and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score for Targeted Screening among People Living with HIV in Ghana

Hepatitis C Prevalence and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Score for Targeted Screening among People Living with HIV in Ghana

WHO recommends hepatitis C (HCV) screening for all people living with HIV (PLHIV). Yet, HCV coinfection was shown to be rare in some Sub-Saharan HIV cohorts, and targeted testing was suggested more efficient for such settings. We studied HCV prevalence among Ghanaian PLHIV, and assessed the external...

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Main Authors: Kwasi Torpey MD, PhD, MPH, FGCP, Lily Ogyiri MPH, Vicky Cuylaerts MSc, Seth Agyeman BSc, MPhil, Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah MD, MPH, FWACP, Jozefien Buyze PhD, Joseph Oliver Commey MD, MPH, FWACP, Lutgarde Lynen MD, PhD, Anja De Weggheleire MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582211022469

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