Lien vers Pubmed [PMID] – 40114975
Lien DOI – 10.1093/ofid/ofaf125
Open Forum Infect Dis 2025 Mar; 12(3): ofaf125
We undertook a point-of-care test for hepatitis B core-related antigen in adults with hepatitis B virus in Kilifi, Kenya. A positive test identified all individuals with a hepatitis B viral load >200 000 IU/mL and who were hepatitis B e antigen positive. It also correlated with a higher alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level (P = .03), raised aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) (P < .001), and higher elastography scores (P = .03).