High false hepatitis C antibody positivity rate in a regionally-inclusive population of non-renumerated blood donors in Uganda
The Architect CMIA assay exhibited very low specificity for anti-HCV testing. In this context, this finding may suggest need to employ testing protocols that include NAT or a combination of tests with higher validity.
Authors
- Emmanuel Seremba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5371-2464)
- Betty S. Apica
- Joan Nankya-Mutyoba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0661-5933)
- Grace Otekat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5627-6932)
- Ponsiano Ocama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6120-1055)
- Richard Ssekitoleko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7631-6122)
Institutions
- Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Health Sciences
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i3.6
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Gilead Sciences