TY - JOUR AU - Li, Yurong AU - Zhao, Lianrong AU - Geng, Nan AU - Zhu, Weijia AU - Liu, Hongbo AU - Bai, Han PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/16 TI - Prevalence and characteristics of hepatitis C virus infection in Shenyang City, Northeast China, and prediction of HCV RNA positivity according to serum anti-HCV level: retrospective review of hospital data JO - Virology Journal SP - 36 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is typically evaluated based on the current rate of positivity of anti-HCV antibody; however, HCV RNA positivity is considered the main criterion for antiviral treatment of HCV infection in the clinical setting. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence of HCV infection based on anti-HCV and HCV RNA detection in the population of Liaoning Province, and investigated the correlation between serum HCV RNA positivity and anti-HCV levels. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-020-01316-y DO - 10.1186/s12985-020-01316-y ID - Li2020 ER -