Point-of-Care Tests for Hepatitis B Are Associated with A Higher Linkage to Care and Lower Cost Compared to Venepuncture Sampling During Outreach Screenings in an Asian Migrant Population

Point-of-Care Tests for Hepatitis B Are Associated with A Higher Linkage to Care and Lower Cost Compared to Venepuncture Sampling During Outreach Screenings in an Asian Migrant Population

Background: This study compares venepuncture versus point-of-care (POC) HBsAg tests on screening cost and linkage to care in prospective outreach screenings in an Asian population in three major cities in Belgium between 10/2014 and 5/2018. Methods: Two community outreach screening programs were org...

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Autores principales: Erwin Ho, Peter Michielsen, Pierre Van Damme, Margareta Ieven, Irene Veldhuijzen, Thomas Vanwolleghem
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2020
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Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/940b8886049940e4a72bfb332f45860b
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