doi:10.1002/hep.25556Maxine M. DennistonR. Monina KlevensGeraldine M. McQuillanRuth B. JileswileyHepatologyDenniston MM, Klevens RM, McQuillan GM, Jiles RB. Awareness of infection, knowledge of hepatitis C, and medical follow-up among individuals testing positive for hepatitis C: National Health...
Aggressively scaling up testing and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Melbourne was associated with a steep decline in hep C in this demographic, aidsmap reports. HCV is commonly transmitted through condomless sex among MSM, as well...
What happens if you test positive for Hepatitis B? If you test positive for Hepatitis B, you are eligible for a phone consultation with one of our doctors. You can choose a convenient time for this phone consultation. Our doctor will explain what your results mean, ask you questions and pr...
Six strategies for identifying hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia, involving testing for HCV antibody (HCVAb) followed by a nucleic acid test (NAT) for HCV RNA when the antibody test is positive, are compared. Decision analysis was used to determine mean relative cost per person tested and outco...
The blood test used to check for HBV infection can be quite confusing, given that a number of different combinations of antigens and antibodies are possible and can mean different things. Here’s a look at the most important test results to know and what they indicate about your hepatitis B...
Patient navigators facilitated linkage to care for seropositive patients. Results The BPA appeared 58,936 times on 21,098 patients eligible for HIV screening and 24,319 times on 11,989 patients eligible for HCV screening over a one-year period. Of those, 7106 (33.7%) patients were screened ...
The community already trusted us with hep B testing. The government actually approached us to expand our testing for HCV because we had built trust within the immigrant community," says Ashford. "It can be difficult to get people through the door when they don’t know you." HBI has ...
All PMTs are tested with JUNO-optimized high voltage (HV) dividers using a positive HV [18, 65,66,67]. The initial tests of the full sample of PMTs used a pluggable HV divider with an integrated HV-signal de-coupler on board. Later, a large sub-sample of the PMTs were tested again...
Efficient long-term amplification of hepatitis B virus isolates after infection of slow proliferating HepG2-NTCP cells Hepatitis B virus (HBV) spreads through the infected liver paralleled by secretion into the blood. HBV-susceptible in vitro infection models do not efficie... A Knig,J Yang,E ...
Hepatitis A testing looks for two types of antibodies. Antibodies are part of the body’s protective response to a viral infection, and hepatitis A virus antibodies may be measured by a few different tests: Hepatitis A immunoglobulin M (IgM anti-HAV) antibody test:When a person is first infe...