PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Hoffman, Gary S.
AU  - Long, Geoffrey S.
AU  - Bacon, Bruce R.
AU  - Di Bisceglie, Adrian M.
TI  - Interpreting serologic tests for hepatitis C virus infection: balancing cost and clarity
DP  - 1996 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 264--268
VI  - 63
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/63/5/264.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/63/5/264.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1996 Sep 01; 63
AB  - SUMMARY Although progress has been made toward developing a cheap and accurate method to diagnose hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, current screening tests have an unacceptably high false-positive rate. Newer tests are more accurate, but also more costly. This paper outlines an approach for interpreting and using these different tests.