Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect Hepatitis C antibody: a meta-analysis and review of the literature

W Tang, W Chen, A Amini, D Boeras, J Falconer… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although direct-acting antivirals can achieve sustained virological response
rates greater than 90% in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected persons, at present the majority of …

Detection technology and clinical applications of serum viral products of hepatitis B virus infection

Y Liu, D Wu, K Zhang, R Ren, Y Liu, S Zhang… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Viral hepatitis, caused by its etiology, hepatitis virus, is a public health problem globally.
Among all infections caused by hepatitis-associated viruses, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection …

Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests for hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MS Khuroo, NS Khuroo, MS Khuroo - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Point-of-care tests provide a plausible diagnostic strategy for hepatitis C
infection in economically impoverished areas. However, their utility depends upon the …

Alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed gold nanoparticle seed-mediated growth allows reliable detection of disease biomarkers with the naked eye

MP Peng, W Ma, YT Long - Analytical chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Here, we reported a strategy-based plasmonic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(ELISA) using alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed gold nanoparticle seed-mediated growth to …

Hepatitis B virus molecular epidemiology, host-virus interaction, coinfection, and laboratory diagnosis in the MENA region: An update

DW Al-Sadeq, SA Taleb, RE Zaied, SM Fahad… - Pathogens, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an enveloped partial double-stranded DNA virus that can cause
acute and chronic hepatitis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the …

Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B virus co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa and the potential impact and program feasibility of hepatitis B surface antigen screening in …

L Stabinski, S O'Connor, M Barnhart… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Screening people living with HIV for hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection is
recommended in resource-rich settings to optimize HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) and …

HIV prevalence and related risk behaviours among female partners of male injecting drugs users in Iran: results of a bio-behavioural survey, 2010

A Alipour, AA Haghdoost, L Sajadi… - Sexually transmitted …, 2013 - sti.bmj.com
Objective Sexual partners of injecting drug users (IDUs) are at high risk of HIV infection, yet
data for such populations are scarce worldwide, particularly in the Middle East and North …

Diagnosis and management of hepatitis C virus infection

R Mukherjee, A Burns, D Rodden… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 200 million people globally, with increasing
incidence, especially in developing countries. HCV infection frequently progresses to …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review

M Ghosh, S Nandi, S Dutta, MK Saha - World journal of hepatology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS: A thorough search on Medline database was conducted to find original articles
describing different methods or techniques of detection of HBV, which are published in …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology: A reality for diagnosis of HCV infectious disease

S Arca-Lafuente, P Martínez-Román, I Mate-Cano… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the primary etiologic agent of liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular
carcinoma. HCV elevated infection rates are mostly due to the lack of an accurate and …