Usefulness of simultaneous screening for HIV‐specific and HCV‐specific antibodies and HBsAg by a capillary‐based multiplex rapid diagnostic test to strengthen linkage‐to‐care in sub‐Saharan patients attending sexually transmitted infection clinic. Issue 9 (25th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Longo, Jean De Dieu; Mboumba Bouassa, Ralph‐Sydney; Mbeko Simaleko, Marcel; Kouabosso, André; Mossoro‐Kpinde, Christian Diamant; Robin, Leman; Charmant, Laura; Grésenguet, Gérard; Bélec, Laurent
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical virology. Volume 90:Issue 9(2018)
• Page Start: 1549
• Page End: 1552
• Publication Date: 2018-05-25
• Subjects: adults -- Central African Republic -- comorbidity -- hepatitis B virus -- hepatitis C virus -- human immunodeficiency virus -- immunochromatography -- linkage‐to‐care -- multiplex -- rapid diagnostic test -- sub‐Saharan Africa; Virology -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25209
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-6615

Abstract

Abstract : Adult outpatients attending the main sexually transmitted infection clinic of Bangui, Central African Republic, were prospectively subjected to a multiplex rapid diagnostic test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV). In group I (n = 208) of patients already followed for HIV, 6 (2.9%) were unexpectedly negative, thus corresponding to false positive for HIV by the national HIV algorithm; hepatitis B surface antigen and HCV positivities were high (18.7% and 4.3%, respectively). In group II (n = 71) of patients with unknown HIV status, at least 1 chronic viral disease was diagnosed in 26 (36.6%) patients, including 5 (7.1%) HIV, 17 (23.9%) HBV, and 3 (4.2%) HCV infections.