All the news Showing 10 of 127 articles from: Diagnosis and monitoringGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Bridging gaps in hepatitis C awareness and diagnosis New Local Government Network / 10 February 2017 High hepatitis C prevalence seen in Amsterdam PrEP study participants Gus Cairns / 06 February 2017 Researchers from the Dutch pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration study, AmPrEP, have found an unexpectedly high rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in participants tested for it at baseline.The HCV ... First WHO prequalified hepatitis C rapid test opens the door to expanded treatment World Health Organization / 05 December 2016 Birth cohort screening and linkage to care for HCV treatment still weak in United States Keith Alcorn / 18 November 2016 Grave weaknesses in hepatitis C screening and linkage to care are still widespread in the United States and threaten to leave a large proportion of baby boomers with hepatitis C ... Finding those most in need of hep C treatment: Injecting Drug Users or Baby Boomers? Blenheim / 02 November 2016 Even low levels of alcohol consumption increase the risk of liver cancer for people with HCV infection with compensated cirrhosis Michael Carter / 05 September 2016 Low-to-moderate alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of liver cancer for people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with compensated cirrhosis, investigators from Belgium report in the Journal of Hepatology. Five-year incidence ... UN health agency to launch new hepatitis testing guidelines ahead of World Day UN News Centre / 26 July 2016 Hepatitis C antigen testing could eliminate need for two-step HCV testing, reduce cost of access Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2016 Testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen could eventually replace the current two-step procedure for diagnosing chronic hepatitis C infection in lower- and middle-income countries, speeding up access to treatment and improving ... Research shows doctors are failing to diagnose more than 50% of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) World Hepatitis Alliance / 14 April 2016 Age- and risk-based HCV screening will leave significant proportion of infections undiagnosed Michael Carter / 13 March 2016 Screening emergency department patients for hepatitis C virus (HCV) based on birth cohort and risk profile might mean that a quarter of undiagnosed infections would remain undetected, according to United States research published ... ← Prev1...34567...13Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive