Evaluation of In Vitro Screening and Diagnostic Kits for Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Currently, many in vitro diagnostic kits to screen and detect HCV infection are available in Japan and other countries. Although these kits are inspected by the National Regulatory Authority in each country to verify their qualities before release to the market, post-marketing surveillance is important to ensure the continued performance of these kits because predominant genotypes or strains may change over time. For this purpose, assessment using International Standards and a regional reference panel (RRP) are desirable.

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - June 11, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Haruka Momose, Sahoko Matsuoka, Asako Murayama, Norie Yamada, Kazu Okuma, Emi Ikebe, Yuji Hoshi, Masamichi Muramatsu, Takaji Wakita, Kuro Toyota, Takanobu Kato, Isao Hamaguchi Source Type: research