Bibliographic Info
GuidelineUpdated recommendations on treatment of adolescents and children with chronic HCV infection, and HCV simplified service delivery and diagnostics.
Year of Publication2022
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Directly following a positive HCV antibody serological test result, the use of quantitative or qualitative nucleic acid testing (NAT) for detection of HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) is recommended as the preferred strategy to diagnose viraemic infection.
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Originally Developed
Guideline
WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing.
Year2017
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
Updated recommendations on simplified service delivery and disagnostics for hepititis C infection: policy brief.
Year2022
InstitutionWorld Health Organization