Won Sriwijitalai
1* 
, Viroj Wiwanitkit
21 TWS Medical Center, Bangkok Thailand
2 Honorary professor, Dr. D.Y. Patil University, Pune, India
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important viral infection that can result in chronic hepatitis and
hepatoma. The surveillance of disease is an important tool for early detection and prompt management of
infection. Here, the authors perform a cost effectiveness analysis of anti-HCV serological test versus HCV
RNA test for epidemiological surveillance. Based on our setting, a tropical country in Indochina, the test is
more cost effective.