Accelerating point-of-care HCV viral load testing

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China; Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
² Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China.
³ University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China; Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: jtucker@med.unc.edu.

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Weiming Tang et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;8(3):203-204.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00381-8. Epub 2023 Jan 24.

¹ Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China; Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
² Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China.
³ University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China; Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: jtucker@med.unc.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Impact of hepatitis C virus point-of-care RNA viral load testing compared with laboratory-based testing on uptake of RNA testing and treatment, and turnaround times: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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