Open AccessValidation of OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test in Postmortem Specimens
Author(s) -
Claire E. Rose,
Lisa Duncan,
Amy Hawes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
academic forensic pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1925-3621
DOI - 10.1177/1925362120957521
Subject(s) - medicine , immunoassay , gold standard (test) , antibody , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , immunology , virus
The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test against a "gold-standard", FDA-approved, laboratory-based serum immunoassay (SI) in postmortem blood. To date, OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test has not been evaluated for use in postmortem testing. This OraQuick test is a manually performed, visually interpreted, single use immunoassay for the qualitative detection of antibodies to the hepatitis C virus (HCV).