HCV is a blood-borne virus transmitted by percutaneous exposure to infected blood or blood-
derived body fluids. The main routes of transmission are blood transfusions, medical …

Background and Aims. Active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is based on the detection of
HCV RNA that it is effective but presents high cost and the need to hire trained personnel …

Hepatitis C is the most common liver disease caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and can
evolve into serious health problems eg cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Nowadays …

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of different screening patterns for active chronic
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections utilizing the hepatitis C core antigen test compared to …

Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen is a serological marker of current
HCV infection. Objectives The aim of this study was mainly to evaluate the performance …

Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigen testing is less expensive than
quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction but has lower sensitivity for very …

The study has evaluated the performance of HCV core antigen (Cag) test by comparing HCV
RNA PCR assay which is considered the gold standard for management of HCV infection …

Background Earlier kinetics of serum HCV core antigen (HCVcAg) and its predictive value
on sustained virological response (SVR) were investigated in patients with genotype 1 HCV …

ABSTRACT ÖZ Objective: It was aimed to investigate diagnostic value of hepatitis C virus
(HCV) core antigen test in patients with positive or negative anti-HCV assay by comparing …

The detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the blood of patients is currently based on
immunological assays (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and recombinant …