HCV 

 Hepatitis c virus genotype testing

ACCURATE TESTING, SIMPLIFIED

ALL KEY VIRUSES IN A SINGLE BLOOD DRAW 

HCV is associated with 24,000 to 30,000 deaths each year. Other factors related to HCV include:

• 40-60% of Chronic liver disease in the US is associated chronic hepatitis C infection

• Chronic HCV is the leading cause of adult liver  transplantation (~6000 annually)

• ​Annual health care costs and lost wages estimated $600 million

• Up to 75% of patients don’t show symptoms or realize they are infected

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Patients that should be tested

• Adults born during 1945 -1965 should be tested once

• Current or former injection drug user, even if you injected only one time or many years ago.

• Treated for a blood clotting problem before 1987.

• Received a blood transfusion or organ transplant  before July 1992.

• Long-term hemodialysis treatment.

• Abnormal liver tests or liver disease.

• Work in healthcare or public safety and were exposed to blood through a needle stick or other sharp object injury.

• Those who are infected with HIV.

Effectively Diagnose and Treat Hepatitis C with HCV testing with a reflex to genotyping 

Multiplexed panel to detect all 6 common HCV genotypes and 1a, 1b subtypes, individually.

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• Each determination occurring in triplicate for 3 times the confidence.

• Ability to detect co-infections.

• Built in internal control for added reliability.

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