Table 4.

Linkage-to-care cascade for currently infected HCV- and HIV-positive patients, pre-dual-routine testing (December 2012–August 2013) and post-dual-routine testing^a (September 2013–May 2014), four community health centers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

^aDual-routine testing refers to screening for HCV and HIV at the same time as part of routine medical care.

^bPositive fourth-generation test detecting either HIV infection (i.e., positive initial antigen/antibodies combination test and positive second antibody differentiation test [Multispot]) or acute HIV infection (i.e., positive initial antigen/antibodies combination test, negative second antibody test, and positive HIV-1 RNA test)

HCV = hepatitis C virus

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus

RNA = ribonucleic acid