Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis C

Introduction

April 2008

Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories’ Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussions of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.

Our presenter for this program is Dr. Joseph Yao, from the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Yao will be discussing Mayo’s approach to laboratory testing for Hepatitis C and attributes for currently available tests.

Introduction

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• 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?