Real‐World Evaluation of Point‐of‐Care Testing for Hepatitis C Antibodies: Navigating Hepatitis C Elimination Effort

• Published in: Journal of viral hepatitis Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. e14039 - n/a
• Main Authors: Yew, Kuo Chao, Sim, Alyssa Shin Yee, Hawkins, Robert, Acharyya, Sanchalika, Wong, Gerard Daquan, Wong, Samuel Wei Chong, Lim, Yuan Heng, Yang, Wei Lyn, Lim, Wei‐Yen, Chow, Angela Li Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2025
• Subjects: Adult; anti‐HCV antibodies; Female; Hepacivirus - immunology; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C - diagnosis; Hepatitis C Antibodies - blood; hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C, Chronic - diagnosis; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; people who inject drugs; Point-of-Care Testing; point‐of‐care diagnostic testing; saliva; Sensitivity and Specificity; Serology; Singapore - epidemiology; Singapore; saliva; hepatitis C virus; anti‐HCV antibodies; point‐of‐care diagnostic testing; people who inject drugs

ABSTRACT An HCV elimination program aims to diagnose more than 90% of Chronic HCV cases. We critically evaluated the performance of a point‐of‐care test (POCT) using an HCV Rapid Antibody Test. PWID from 4 Halfway Houses (HWH) in Singapore were recruited from March 2022 to April 2023. Participants w...