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- Title
The Urgent Need to Implement Point-of-Care RNA Testing for Hepatitis C Virus to Support Elimination.
- Authors
Kapadia, Shashi N; Jordan, Ashly E; Eckhardt, Benjamin J; Perlman, David C
- Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination is an important global public health goal. However, the United States is not on track to meet the World Health Organization's 2030 targets for HCV elimination. Recently, the White House proposed an HCV elimination plan that includes point-of-care (POC) HCV RNA testing, which is currently in use in many countries but is not approved in the United States. POC HCV RNA testing is crucial for implementing community-based testing and for enabling test-and-treat programs, assessing cure, and monitoring for reinfection. Here, we review the status of POC HCV RNA testing in the United States, discuss factors that are needed for successful implementation, and issue specific public health and policy recommendations that would allow for the use of POC HCV RNA testing to support HCV elimination.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RNA analysis; EVALUATION of human services programs; HEPATITIS C prevention; HEPATITIS C treatment; WORLD Health Organization; COMMUNITY health services; GOVERNMENT policy; DISEASE eradication; WORLD health; REINFECTION; POINT-of-care testing; PUBLIC health; ORGANIZATIONAL goals; PATIENT monitoring
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2024, Vol 78, Issue 5, p1235
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciad503