Downs LO
Okanda D
Chirro O
Zaharani M
Safari B
Aliyan N
Andersson MI
Tanaka Y
Etyang AO
Shimakawa Y
Githinji G
Matthews PC
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12ofaf125
We undertook a point-of-care test for hepatitis B core-related antigen in adults with hepatitis B virus in Kilifi, Kenya. A positive test identified all individuals with a hepatitis B viral load >200 000 IU/mL and who were hepatitis B e antigen positive. It also correlated with a higher alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level (P = .03), raised aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI) (P < .001), and higher elastography scores (P = .03).
