Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of months between birth and EIA test
Is the EIA antibody test interpretable?
Is the child likely to be infected with HCV based on the EIA results?
Number of months between birth and the first RNA test
Number of months between birth and second RNA test
Can the first RNA test be interpreted?
Can the second RNA test be interpreted?
Is the child infected with HCV based on the HCV RNA tests?
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Purpose: To test an infant born to a mother infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) for evidence of disease transmission.
Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology
Objective: risk factors, laboratory tests, other testing, prevention
ICD-10: B17.1, B18.2,