Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HCV screening increased after guidelines updated to screen all adults and during each pregnancy. Screening rose ...

HCV antibody testing is sensitive and inexpensive. Anti-HCV screening assays include the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or the enhanced chemiluminescence immunoassay (CIA). Positive results are reportable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Implementation of a multifaceted hepatitis C care pathway improved screening and linkage to care rates, ...

Medford-based Chembio Diagnostics and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics are developing a rapid diagnostic test for hepatitis C virus. The foundation is working with three companies on HCV ...

BOSTON - According to a new study, screening all adults for hepatitis C (HCV) is a cost-effective way to improve clinical outcomes of HCV and identify more infected people compared to current ...

America’s opioid epidemic continues to take lives at a staggering rate. According to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug overdoses killed about 72,000 ...

HCV Treatment in Prison Could Be Key Public Health Measure The lack of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA test for approximately one-half of persons newly reported as HCV infected suggests that testing and ...

The findings of this study suggest that a community-based point-of-care hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA testing program was feasible and was associated with a high percentage of same-day treatment for ...

Boston Medical Center has shown that testing for the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) outside the typical high-risk population can be successfully implemented in an emergency department setting, resulting in ...

People could learn within 15 minutes whether they are infected with hepatitis C, thanks to a rapid test developed by Northwestern University. The test will allow doctors to diagnose infections during ...