Rapid hepatitis B test FIRST RESPONSE® HCV

for hepatitis C virusserumwhole blood

Rapid detection test for Hepatitis C Virus antibodies in human whole blood,serum and plasma Simple & Fast 3 steps only with only 20 μL capillary blood Result within 15 minutes Assessed by the NRC for Viral Hepatitis B, C and Delta L. Poiteau et al., Department of Virilogy, Hôpital Henri Mondor 1 High performance Specificity 100% - Sensitivity 100% Detection of all HCV subtypes THE SOLUTION Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an enveloped, single-stranded positive sense (9.5 kb) RNA virus belonging to Flaviviridae family. Six major genotypes and a series of HCV subtypes have been identified. Isolated in 1989, HCV is now recognized as the leading cause of transfusion associated non A, non B hepatitis characterized by acute and chronic forms. More than 50% of infected individuals develop severe, life-threatening chronic hepatitis with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical studies show that a significant amount of HCV-infected individuals develop antibodies against the non-structural NS5 protein of the virus. First Response® HCV is a third-generation qualitative immunochromatographic test for the detection of a panel of antibodies against structural (c22) and non-structural NS5, NS3 (c200) and NS4 (c200) HCV antigens in the blood, serum and plasma of infected individuals.