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The performance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody point‐of‐care tests on oral fluid or whole blood and dried blood spot testing for HCV serology and viral load among individuals at higher risk for HCV in South Africa

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To enhance screening and diagnosis in those at‐risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV), efficient and improved sampling and testing is required. We investigated the performance of point‐of‐care (POC) tests and dried blood spots (DBS) for HCV antibody and HCV RNA quantification in indivi...

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Autores principales: Prabdial‐Sing, Nishi, Gaelejwe, Lucinda, Makhathini, Lillian, Thaver, Jayendrie, Manamela, Morubula Jack, Malfeld, Susan, Spearman, C. Wendy, Sonderup, Mark, Scheibe, Andrew, Young, Katherine, Hausler, Harry, Puren, Adrian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614978
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.229