Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis C
Laboratory Algorithm
April 2008
The natural questions to this provider then are “What supplementary test(s) should be done to confirm HCV infection and determine infection status?”
Laboratory Algorithm |
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- Introduction
- Patient Case
- Hepatitis C: Diagnostic Approach
- Acute Hepatitis C with Recovery
- Acute Hepatitis C with Progression to Chronic Infection
- Hepatitis C: Serologic Assays
- HCV Antigens Used in EIAs and CIAs for Detecting HCV Total Antibodies
- Patient Case
- Laboratory Algorithm
- Comparison of PCR, TMA, and bDNA
- Hepatitis C: Molecular Assays
- Hepatitis C: Molecular Tests
- Interpretation of Laboratory Test Results for HCV Infection
- Patient Case
- Hepatitis C: Genotyping Assays
- Patient Case
- Questions?