A negative result for a hepatitis C test means a person has not developed antibodies for hepatitis C and is unlikely to have the virus. A positive result means they have antibodies, indicating ...

Doctors will start by checking your blood for: Anti-HCV antibodies: This blood test is the first -- and sometimes only -- one you may get. Also called the ELISA screen, it checks for antibodies ...

First Human Gets New Antibody Aimed At Hepatitis C Virus. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 08 / 090806112605.htm ...

Testing for hepatitis C involves a blood test called an HCV antibody test (or anti-HCV test). This test determines if you’ve ever had a hepatitis C infection by checking your blood for HCV ...

The FDA has approved the OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test (from OraSure) to test individuals who are at risk for infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and people with signs or symptoms of hepatitis.

Hepatitis C and Kidney Transplantation Approximately 10% to 49% of people who’ve had kidney transplants have antibodies for hepatitis C in their blood. Chronic HCV infection in these people ...

Only about 60% of people with a positive hepatitis C antibody test received a follow-up RNA test during the period of 2003 to 2010, new data suggest. “With curative pharmacotherapy potentially ...

Hepatitis C is a viral liver infection that can become chronic. Some people have antibodies associated with the virus in their blood but do not have an active hepatitis C infection. These ...

A case was defined as an allogeneic donation that was nonreactive to antibody against HIV-1, HCV, or both but that was reactive on minipool nucleic acid–amplification screening and confirmed to ...

The use of parenteral antischistosomal therapy in Egypt is thought to have contributed to a prevalence of antibodies against HCV in various regions ranging from 6 to 28 percent (mean, 22 percent).