Enhancing Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Among People Who Inject Drugs Attending Needle and Syringe Programs

The Cepheid Xpert HCV Viral Load (VL) Fingerstick assay is an in vitro nucleic acid amplification test designed for the quantitation of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) DNA in human whole blood using the automated GeneXpert Systems. The HCV RNA result from the Xpert test will be used to initiate HCV treatment.

"The Aptima HCV Quant Dx assay is a real-time transcription-mediated amplification test.~The assay is used for both detection and quantitation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in fresh and frozen human serum and plasma from HCV-infected individuals, and in this study from dried blood spots. The HCV RNA result from the Aptima assay will be used to initiate HCV treatment."