The future of viral hepatitis testing: innovations in testing technologies and approaches

The future of viral hepatitis testing: innovations in testing technologies and approaches

Abstract A large burden of undiagnosed hepatitis virus cases remains globally. Despite the 257 million people living with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, and 71 million with chronic viraemic HCV infection, most people with hepatitis remain unaware of their infection. Advances in rapid detection...

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Main Authors: Rosanna W. Peeling, Debrah I. Boeras, Francesco Marinucci, Philippa Easterbrook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis C virus
Point-of-care
Diagnostic test
Low resource settings
WHO
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2775-0

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