PPT-Hepatitis C Virus Screening, Testing, and Diagnosis in Adults

wwwhivguidelinesorg JANUARY 2023 NYSDOH AIDS Institute Clinical Guidelines Program Purpose of This Guideline Increase compliance with the 2014 New York State public health law that requires that an HCV screening test be offered to every individual born between 1945 and 1965 who receives healthcare services from a physician physician assistant or nurse practitioner in a primary care or inpatient hospital setting. 10/23/12. Karla Thornton, MD, MPH. Division of Infectious Diseases. Department of Internal Medicine. UNM Health Sciences Center. kthornton@salud.unm.edu. Learning Objectives. Recognize the magnitude of the HCV epidemic and the consequences of not addressing the problem. HCV Baby Boomer Screening . and . Linkage to Care . Program. Conveying . the Urgency of . Baby . Boomer HCV . Testing. September 16, 2014. 1. How to Talk about Hepatitis C Testing. Camilla S. Graham, MD, MPH. Hepatitis C . Virus Infection. Core Competency 3: . Screening, Testing, Diagnosis, and Clinical Evaluation of HCV Infection among PLWH. Lesson Objectives. By the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to:. Donor Testing. Required serologic testing is performed on all donor units, including. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Antibody to Hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) . Antibody to Hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) . Improving Care of Substance Use, HIV, and/or HCV in Adolescents. April 16, 2015. Mashantucket, Connecticut . 1. Adolescents and HCV. Younger IDUs tend to have higher levels of unsafe injection practices and sexual risk behaviors and decreased likelihood to participate in drug treatment than their older counterparts. . HCV TESTING – SCREENINGTesting should be initiated with an assay for serum antibody to HCV (anti-HCV). For those with reactive test results, the anti-HCV test should be followed by a con٠ Conrmed Unconrmed Unconrmed  Samples with high signal-to-cut-off ratios usually (�95%) conrm positive, but supplemental serologic testing was not performed By the Center for Food Security and Public Health,College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University November 2015 ��2 &#x/MCI; 0 ;&#x/MCI; 0 ;DiagnosisHEV is not cultivatabl Infects 30,000 people in the U.S. each year. Over 3 million people in U.S. are living with HCV and most are not aware of it. Most people do not have signs of disease and may not have symptoms unti Crum-Cianflone NF, Curry J, Drobeniuc J, Weintrob A, Landrum M, Ganesan A, et al. Hepatitis E Virus Infection in HIV-infected Persons. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(3):502-506. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.111278. WHO Global HIV Hepatitis and STI Programmes. 18 July 2021. WHO’s goal is to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health problem by 2030. . 6-10 million infections (in 2015) . to 900,000 infections (by 2030). Presented by: Thomas E. Burgess, PhD, DABCC, FAACC. March 30, 2018. Version 2.0. Hepatitis C Virus. Hepatitis C virus. (. HCV. ) is a small (55–65 . nm. in size) virus. The hepatitis C virus belongs to the genus . . . Flaviviridae. Genera; . Hepacivirus. Enveloped . virion. . Nucleocapsid. (+) . ss. RNA.. . It has no . virion. polymerase. .. Six genotypes.. . . HCV genotypes. The . genetic variability is due to the high . INTRODUCTION . DEFINITION . CAUSAL AGENT. EPIDEMIOLOGY . TRANSMISSION . PATHOGENESIS . LIFE CYCLE . CLINICAL FEATURES . LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS . PROPHYLAXIS . TREATMENT . INTRODUCTION . Attempts to identify the group of ‘non- A non-B’ viruses by experimental infection in chimpanzees led to the discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV). .