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Oxford University Press (OUP), The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 9(205), p. 1342-1350

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis213

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The More You Look, the More You Find: Effects of Hepatitis C Virus Testing Interval on Reinfection Incidence and Clearance and Implications for Future Vaccine Study Design

Journal article published in 2012 by Peter Vickerman, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Kimberly Page, David L. Thomas, David L. Thomas, William O. Osburn, Andrea L. Cox, Andrea L. Cox, Campbell K. Aitken ORCID, Matthew Hickman ORCID, Margaret Hellard
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Abstract

Introduction. Studies have explored whether spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection decreases the likelihood of reinfection or increases the probability of clearance. This analysis investigates whether the conflicting findings from these studies could be due to differences in frequency of HCV RNA testing.