Performance Evaluation of the Xpert® HCV test on Fingerstick Blood in a Prospective Observational Clinical Study at CLIA-Waived Sites in the United States
Data from this clinical trial showed that the Xpert® HCV test was sensitive, specific, and acceptable for use to detect HCV RNA in human EDTA fingerstick blood from individuals at risk and/or with signs/symptoms of HCV infection.
Authors
- Jennifer R. Havens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1753-7280)
- Brittany Young
- Tomoko Udo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5319-2689)
- G Burkholder
- Lesley Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8660-8732)
- John M. Cafardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7335-4932)
- Yukari Carol Manabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8619-5598)
- Jonathan Schimmel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6383-8308)
- Cody A. Chastain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-7397)
- Anne F. Luetkemeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0911-1578)
- Eric C. H. Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6551-9231)
- Carlos Aparicio
- Juan F Gallegos-Orozco
- L Madeline McCrary
- Gail E Louw
- Yu Song
- Andrew M Moon
- Jesse Young
- Jennifer C Price
- Shelly-Ann Fluker
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (US)
- University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
- Sandia National Laboratories (US)
- 3D Technology Laboratories (United States) (US)
- Christ Hospital (US)
- aTyr Pharma (United States) (US)
- Institute of Automation (DE)
- Christ Hospital (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag173
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00