Dried blood spots: a tool to ensure broad access to hepatitis C screening, diagnosis, and treatment monitoring

A Soulier, L Poiteau, I Rosa, C Hézode… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. With the advent of highly efficient antiviral therapies for hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection, providing broad access to diagnosis and care is needed. The dried blood spot …

Detection of Hepatitis C core antibody by dual-affinity yeast chimera and smartphone-based electrochemical sensing

E Aronoff-Spencer, AG Venkatesh, A Sun… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Yeast cell lines were genetically engineered to display Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen
linked to gold binding peptide (GBP) as a dual-affinity biobrick chimera. These …

Barriers to access to hepatitis C treatment

H Yilmaz, EM Yilmaz, H Leblebicioglu - The Journal of Infection in …, 2016 - jidc.org
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. Only 1%–30%
of patients in need of treatment may get it. In recent years, the availability of direct-acting …

[HTML][HTML] HCV core protein binds to gC1qR to induce A20 expression and inhibit cytokine production through MAPKs and NF-κB signaling pathways

X Song, Z Yao, J Yang, Z Zhang, Y Deng, M Li, C Ma… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is characterized by a strong propensity toward chronicity.
During chronic HCV infection, HCV core protein is implicated in deregulating cytokine …

[PDF][PDF] A highly specific and sensitive hepatitis C virus antigen enzyme immunoassay for One‐step diagnosis of viremic hepatitis C virus infection

KQ Hu, W Cui - Hepatology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The current standard in diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection requires two sequential
steps: anti‐HCV test to screen, followed by HCV RNA reverse‐transcription polymerase …

[PDF][PDF] Infecciones del hígado

E Arús, LÁ Rodríguez Lay… - … y hepatología clínica …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Las hepatitis víricas son enfermedades infecciosas del hígado que se caracterizan por
necrosis hepatocelular e inflamación. Existe una amplia variedad de virus que pueden …

[PDF][PDF] 慢性丙型肝炎患者血清HCV-Cag 检测及其临床意义

王雪艳, 王福党, 索智敏, 康玉华 - 实用肝脏病杂志, 2016 - manu43.magtech.com.cn
目的探讨丙型肝炎病毒核心抗原(HCV-Cag) 检测在慢性丙型肝炎(CHC)
诊疗中的临床应用价值. 方法采用ELISA 法检测血清HCV-Cag; 采用FQ-PCR 法检测HCV RNA …

[PDF][PDF] Chronic hepatitis: morbidity and mortality in patients and their children

L Davíðsdóttir - 2016 - openarchive.ki.se
Chronic hepatitis, morbidity and mortality of the patients and their children The spread of
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection started in Sweden in the end of the 1960s with a …

[PDF][PDF] The Utility of Automated HCV Core Antigen Assay as an Alternative to PCR in Chronic HCV Egyptian Patients

EM Abd El-reheem, M Fouad… - J Mol Biomark …, 2016 - researchgate.net
The Utility of Automated HCV Core Antigen Assay as an Alternative to PCR in Chronic HCV
Egyptian Patients Page 1 Research Article Open Access Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & …

Hepatitis B and C Viruses

FS Nolte - Molecular Pathology in Clinical Practice, 2016 - Springer
Hepatitis due to infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are major
global public health problems. Molecular diagnostic methods are now standard of care for …