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Vuto la Hepatitis C (HCV) tsopano limazindikiridwa ngati choyambitsa chachikulu cha matenda a chiwindi, kuthiridwa magazi osapezeka-A,non-B matenda a chiwindi ndi matenda a chiwindi padziko lonse lapansi.HCV is an enveloped positive-sense,single-stranded RNA virus.Zizindikiro zachipatala zokhudzana ndi HCV ndi kuzindikira kwa ma antibodies a HCV mu seramu yamagazi yamunthu.CV kufotokoza kwa ma antigen ophatikizananso m'mabakiteriya monga E.coli ndipo amayang'ana kwambiri zigawo za HCV-encoded polyprotein, omwe ali ndi ma immunogenic. Ma antigen akuluakulu a mapuloteniwa adziwika kuti ndi core, NS3,NS4 ndi NS5 zigawo zodziwika bwino za HCV. Pozindikira matenda a HCV, mapuloteni ophatikizanawa adagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zida zojambulira mayeso a immunochromatographic (Rapid). Poyerekeza ndi mayeso a HCV a m'badwo woyamba pogwiritsa ntchito ma antigen amtundu umodzi, ma antigen angapo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mapuloteni ophatikizana awonjezedwa m'mayeso atsopano a serologic kuti apewe kuphatikizika kosatchulika kwa HCV komanso kukulitsa kukhudzidwa kwa thupi.

【KUGWIRITSA NTCHITO】

Antigen yophatikizanso yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pa HCV Rapid Test Device (Serum/Plasma/Whole blood) imasungidwa ndi ma jini a mapuloteni amtundu uliwonse (nucleocapsid) ndi omwe si-mapangidwe. The HCV Rapid Test Device (Serum/Plasma/Whole blood) has passed a seroconversion panel and compared with a leading commercial HCV EIA test using clinical specimens.The results show that the relative sensitivity of the HCV Rapid Test Device(Serum/Plasma/Whole blood) is 99.9%,and the relative specificity is 99.7%.