Update new progress in hepatitis C virus detection and treatment, clarify detection procedures under different detection scenarios, and introduce new detection technologies, new processes and new strategies... The reporter learned from the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 17th that the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued "Technical Specifications for Laboratory Testing of Hepatitis C Virus (2023 Revised Edition)" and "Technical Specifications for Laboratory Testing of Hepatitis C Virus (Trial Version)" released in 2011 are abolished at the same time.
Information released by the World Health Organization shows that hepatitis C virus is an infectious disease and the population is generally susceptible, with hepatitis C virus-positive people as the main source of infection. Some people with chronic hepatitis C virus infection are prone to cirrhosis or liver cancer. Currently, people infected with the hepatitis C virus can be cured with direct-acting antiviral drugs.
"In recent years, the World Health Organization has strongly advocated simplifying the hepatitis C testing and diagnosis process so that people infected with hepatitis C virus can receive diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible." Jin Cong, a researcher at the AIDS Prevention Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that this standard The revision is based on my country's current hepatitis C virus testing status and actual work needs, fully taking into account the progress of domestic and foreign testing technologies and strategies, and has gone through four rounds of revisions, additions and improvements.
Experts said that this revision allows personnel at all levels engaged in hepatitis C virus testing in my country to obtain comprehensive technical guidance based on work needs, helping to accelerate the realization of my country's viral hepatitis prevention and control goals.