Prevalence and characteristics of hepatitis C virus infection in Shenyang City, Northeast China, and prediction of HCV RNA positivity according to serum anti-HCV level: retrospective review of hospital data

Prevalence and characteristics of hepatitis C virus infection in Shenyang City, Northeast China, and prediction of HCV RNA positivity according to serum anti-HCV level: retrospective review of hospital data

Abstract Objective The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is typically evaluated based on the current rate of positivity of anti-HCV antibody; however, HCV RNA positivity is considered the main criterion for antiviral treatment of HCV infection in the clinical setting. In this study, we...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yurong Li, Lianrong Zhao, Nan Geng, Weijia Zhu, Hongbo Liu, Han Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
Hepatitis C virus
Anti-HCV
HCV RNA
Epidemiology
Correlation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-020-01316-y

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-020-01316-y

Similar Items