Hepatitis C virus (HCV) accounts for 15%–20% of cases of acute infection, and chronic HCV
infection is developed in about 50%–80% of HCV patients. Unfortunately, due to the lack of …

In the Indian context, there is a convention of doing pre-operative screening for HIV, hepatitis
B virus and hepatitis C viruses for all patients as a routine pre-intervention investigation. This …

Objective: The NYC Department of Health's Check Hep C program was designed to
increase hepatitis C diagnosis and improve linkage to care at community-based …

There is little information describing the influence of HIV infection upon the performance of
rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for hepatitis B and C virus diagnosis. This study aims to …

Background/Objectives Guidelines for optimized HCV screening are urgently required in
Africa, especially for patients infected with HIV, who sometimes show false positive or false …

Aims Point of care testing (POCT) has been used for hepatitis B and C diagnosis in general
population, but little is known about the influence of clinical conditions in the accuracy of …

The estimated prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in India is between 0.5 and
1.5% with hotspots showing much higher prevalence in some areas of northeast India, in …

Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection is still a significant cause of
morbidity and mortality among HIV-positive individuals in many resource-limited countries …

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was conducted to investigate the
serological prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), its viremia, and genotype distribution with …

Background Multitransfused thalassemic individuals are at high risk of develo**
transfusion transmitted Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The aim of the study was to …