Real-Life Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Utility of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Nucleic Acid Testing Using the GeneXpert Point-of-Care Test System from Fresh Plasma and Dry Blood Spot Samples in The Gambia

Real-Life Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Utility of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Nucleic Acid Testing Using the GeneXpert Point-of-Care Test System from Fresh Plasma and Dry Blood Spot Samples in The Gambia

The GeneXpert HBV Viral Load test is a simplified tool to scale up screening and HBV monitoring in resource-limited settings, where HBV is endemic and where molecular techniques to quantify HBV DNA are expensive and scarce. However, the accuracy of field diagnostics compared to gold standard assays...

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Main Authors: Amie Ceesay, Sainabou Drammeh, Gibril Ndow, Alpha Omar A. Jallow, Haddy Nyang, Baboucarr Bittaye, Francis S. Mendy, Ousman Secka, Umberto D’Alessandro, Yusuke Shimakawa, Erwan Vo-Quang, Barbara Testoni, Mark Thursz, Maud Lemoine, Isabelle Chemin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
monitoring
GeneXpert
diagnosis
resource limited
scale-up
settings
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/11/2273
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