PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Albeldawi, Mazen
AU  - Ruiz-Rodriguez, Ernesto
AU  - Carey, William D.
TI  - Hepatitis C virus: Prevention, screening, and interpretation of assays
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09162
DP  - 2010 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 616--626
VI  - 77
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/9/616.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/9/616.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2010 Sep 01; 77
AB  - Patients at risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection should be screened for it so that they can be treated and potentially cured, or can at least avoid transmitting the disease to others. The authors describe why and how to screen for HCV and how to interpret the test results.