HCV infected definition

HCV infected or "HCV infection" means the status of an individual who has tested positive for the presence of HCV antibodies or has tested positive for HBV using an RNA test.
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Examples of HCV infected in a sentence

  • The study by Okuda et al showed that educa- tion of staff members and application of adhe- sive pads at the time of needle withdrawal in HD sites resulted in a decrease in the incidence of HCV infection to zero, and no new HCV infected cases were reported for over a year in 730 patients on maintenance HD.6 The other point to note is the fact that coinfection with HCV and HBV is common in IVDAs7 but less prevalent in HD patients.

  • In June 2018, the Company began enrollment in and initiation of patient dosing in its Phase 2a clinical study evaluating CC-31244 for the treatment of HCV infected individuals and completed the enrollment in September 2018.

  • The Company filed an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) on February 28, 2018 and received notice from the FDA on March 29, 2018 that its IND was now open and the Company was cleared to initiate its Phase 2a clinical study evaluating CC-31244 for the treatment of HCV infected individuals.

  • Aging of hepatitis C virus (HCV)- infected persons in the United States: a multiple cohort model of HCV prevalence and disease progression.

  • Oral and intranasal drug use was common among both HCV infected and non-infected.

  • Approvals will only be granted for HCV infected members (regardless of genotype) with hepatocellular carcinoma meeting the MILAN criteria (MILAN criteria defined as presence of a tumor 5cm or less in diameter in patients with single hepatocellular carcinomas and not more than three tumor nodules, each 3cm or less in diameter in patients with multiple tumors and no extrahepatic manifestations of the cancer or evidence of vascular invasion of tumor).

  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a major cause of mor- bidity and mortality, with an estimated 70 million people being HCV infected worldwide in 2015 (Blach et al.

  • Interestingly, while the pro-inflammatory profile of cytokines can promote hepatitis and apoptosis of HCV infected hepatocytes, TL3-mediated antiviral activities (interferon release, TRAIL expression) are deactivated (Tu et al., 2010).

  • As a result of the consensus over treatment of HCV infected individuals with DAAs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) (the federal agency responsible for administering Medicaid) issued Guidance on November 5, 2015, advising state Medicaid agencies that the new DAAs should be included in coverage of outpatient prescription drugs.

  • Unprotected active and passive fisting was reported by all HCV infected men, compared to 2/10 non-infected men.

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