HCV, HIV AND HBV rapid test diagnosis in non-clinical outreach settings can be as accurate as conventional laboratory tests

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 7554 - 8
• Main Authors: Muñoz-Chimeno, Milagros, Valencia, Jorge, Rodriguez-Recio, Alvaro, Cuevas, Guillermo, Garcia-Lugo, Alejandra, Manzano, Samuel, Rodriguez-Paredes, Vanessa, Fernandez, Beatriz, Morago, Lucía, Casado, Concepción, Avellón, Ana, Ryan, Pablo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.05.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/2521; 631/326/596; 631/326/596/1550; 631/326/596/1787; 631/326/596/1905; 692/4020/4021/234; Blood; Diagnosis; Drug abuse; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C - diagnosis; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; Homelessness; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; multidisciplinary; Questionnaires; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sensitivity analysis; Viruses

Point of care rapid diagnostic tests (POC-RDT) for Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV), are ideal for screening in non-clinical outreach settings as they can provide immediate results and facilitate diagnosis, allowing high risk population screenin...