Improving the Diagnosis of Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection with Expanded Viral Load Criteria | Zendy

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Improving the Diagnosis of Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection with Expanded Viral Load Criteria

Author(s) -

Barbara McGovern,

Christopher Birch,

Melinda J. Bowen,

Laura L. Reyor,

Ellen H. Nagami,

Raymond T. Chung,

A Y Kim

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/605561

Subject(s) - viremia , viral load , medicine , cohort , hepatitis c virus , immunology , chronic infection , virology , viral disease , virus , hepacivirus , hepatitis c , immune system

The diagnosis of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is imprecise because antibody testing does not differentiate between acute and chronic infection. Although virologic features, such as viral load fluctuations and low levels of viremia, have been noted to be characteristic of acute HCV infection, these parameters have not been used for diagnosis.

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