Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Core Antigen Assay to Detect Ongoing HCV Infection in Thai Injection Drug Users

• Main Authors: Netski D.M., Wang X.-H., Mehta S.H., Nelson K., Celentano D., Thongsawat S., Maneekarn N., Suriyanon V., Jittiwutikorn J., Thomas D.L., Ticehurst J.R.
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2014
• 在線閱讀: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-11844255837&partnerID=40&md5=819049ba37485d39d93d6c3c894f38ce; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/4223

We evaluated a quantitative enzyme immunoassay (trak-C) for hepatitis C virus core antigen (HCV core Ag) by testing serum specimens from 820 injection drug users in Thailand with anti-HCV antibodies. The HCV genotypes in this population include genotypes 3 and 6, which have not been extensively test...