Qualitative hepatitis C virus RNA assay identifies active infection with sufficient viral load for treatment among Phetchabun residents in Thailand

• Pornpitra Pratedrat,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Pornjarim Nilyanimit,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Rujipat Wasitthankasem,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Biobank of Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Nawarat Posuwan,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Chompoonut Auphimai,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Payuda Hansoongnern,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Napaporn Pimsing,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Disease Control Group, Phetchabun Provincial Health Office, Phetchabun, Thailand

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• Saranya Ngamnimit,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Disease Control Group, Phetchabun Provincial Health Office, Phetchabun, Thailand

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• Chaiwat Thongmai,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Phetchabun Provincial Public Health Office, Phetchabun, Thailand

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• Wijittra Phaengkha,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Namnao Hospital, Phetchabun, Thailand

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• Nasamon Wanlapakorn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Sompong Vongpunsawad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Yong Poovorawan

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yong.p@chula.ac.th

  Affiliations Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, FRS(T), The Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2337-6807

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