Clinical utility of hepatitis C virus core antigen assay in the monitoring of direct-acting antivirals for chronic hepatitis C.

BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus core antigen (HCV Ag) assay has been proposed as a more economical alternative to HCV RNA detection. This study aimed to investigate the clinical utility of HCV Ag assay in the monitoring of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C patients. METHODS:We ana...

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Main Authors: Sheng Feng Lin, Shui-Yi Tung, Kuo-Liang Wei, Chien-Hung Chen, Tsung-Hui Hu, Chien Heng Shen, Te-Sheng Chang, Wei-Ming Chen, Chih-Wei Yen, Jing-Houng Wang, Chao-Hung Hung, Sheng-Nan Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229994