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HCV avidity as a tool for detection of recent HCV infection: Sensitivity depends on HCV genotype.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2018
Shepherd Samantha J, McDonald Scott A, Palmateer Norah E, Gunson Rory N, Aitken Celia, Dore Gregory J, Goldberg David J, Applegate Tanya L, Lloyd Andrew R, Hajarizadeh Behzad, Grebely Jason, Hutchinson Sharon J
Abstract excerpt
Accurate detection of incident hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is required to target and evaluate public health interventions, but acute infection is largely asymptomatic and difficult to detect using traditional methods. Our aim was to evaluate a previously developed HCV avidity assay to distinguish acute from chronic HCV infection. Plasma samples collected from recent seroconversion subjects in two large...
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