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Historical Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus (Hcv) in Select Countries - Volume 3 Publisher Pubmed



Liakina V1, 2 ; Hamid S3 ; Tanaka J4 ; Olafsson S5 ; Sharara AI6 ; Alavian SM7, 8 ; Gheorghe L9 ; El Hassan ES10 ; Abaalkhail F11 ; Abbas Z12 ; Abdou A10 ; Abourached A13 ; Al Braiki F14 ; Al Hosani F15 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Liakina V1, 2
  2. Hamid S3
  3. Tanaka J4
  4. Olafsson S5
  5. Sharara AI6
  6. Alavian SM7, 8
  7. Gheorghe L9
  8. El Hassan ES10
  9. Abaalkhail F11
  10. Abbas Z12
  11. Abdou A10
  12. Abourached A13
  13. Al Braiki F14
  14. Al Hosani F15
  15. Al Jaberi K16
  16. Al Khatry M17
  17. Al Mulla MA15
  18. Al Quraishi H18
  19. Al Rifai A19
  20. Al Serkal Y20
  21. Alam A21
  22. Alashgar HI22
  23. Alawadhi S10
  24. Aldabal L23
  25. Aldins P24
  26. Alfaleh FZ25
  27. Alghamdi AS26
  28. Alhakeem R27
  29. Aljumah AA28
  30. Almessabi A14
  31. Alqutub AN26
  32. Alswat KA29
  33. Altraif I28
  34. Alzaabi M30
  35. Andrea N31
  36. Assiri AM27
  37. Babatin MA26
  38. Baqir A32
  39. Barakat MT33
  40. Bergmann OM5
  41. Bizri AR34
  42. Blach S35
  43. Chaudhry A36
  44. Choi MS37
  45. Diab T38
  46. Djauzi S39
  47. El Khoury S40
  48. Estes C35
  49. Fakhry S41
  50. Farooqi JI42, 43, 44
  51. Fridjonsdottir H44
  52. Gani RA39
  53. Ghafoor Khan A45
  54. Goldis A46
  55. Gottfredsson M47
  56. Gregorcic S48
  57. Hajarizadeh B49
  58. Han KH50, 51
  59. Hasan I39
  60. Hashim A52
  61. Horvath G53
  62. Hunyady B54, 55
  63. Husni R56
  64. Jafri W57
  65. Jeruma A58, 59, 60
  66. Jonasson JG45, 61, 62
  67. Karlsdottir B62
  68. Kim DY51
  69. Kim YS63
  70. Koutoubi Z64, 65
  71. Lesmana LA39, 40, 66
  72. Lim YS66, 67
  73. Love A47, 48, 68
  74. Maimets M68
  75. Makara M69
  76. Malekzadeh R70
  77. Maticic M48
  78. Memon MS71
  79. Merat S70
  80. Mokhbat JE72
  81. Mourad FH6
  82. Muljono DH73, 74, 75
  83. Nawaz A75
  84. Nugrahini N76
  85. Priohutomo S77
  86. Qureshi H78
  87. Rassam P40
  88. Razavi H35
  89. Razavishearer D35
  90. Razavishearer K35
  91. Rozentale B58, 59, 60
  92. Sadik M71
  93. Saeed K79
  94. Salamat A80
  95. Salupere R68
  96. Sanai FM25
  97. Sanityoso Sulaiman A39
  98. Sayegh RA81
  99. Schmelzer JD35
  100. Sibley A35
  101. Siddiq M82, 83, 84
  102. Siddiqui AM84
  103. Sigmundsdottir G85, 86
  104. Sigurdardottir B62
  105. Speiciene D1
  106. Sulaiman A39, 40, 87
  107. Sultan MA87
  108. Taha M88
  109. Tarifi H89
  110. Tayyab G90, 91, 92
  111. Tolmane I58
  112. Ud Din M92
  113. Umar M93, 94, 95
  114. Valantinas J1
  115. Videcnikzorman J48, 49
  116. Yaghi C81, 82
  117. Yunihastuti E95
  118. Yusuf MA96
  119. Zuberi BF97
  120. Gunter J35, 36
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Centre of Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
  2. 2. Department of Biomechanics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
  3. 3. Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  4. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Hiroshima University, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
  5. 5. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Landspitali - the National University, Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  6. 6. Division of Gastroenterology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  7. 7. Baqiatallah Research Center, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Baqiatallah, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Middle East Liver Diseases Centre, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. Center of Gastroenterology, Hepatology Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
  10. 10. Rashid Hospital Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  11. 11. Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Research Center Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  12. 12. Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan
  13. 13. National Hepatitis Program, Ministry of Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon
  14. 14. Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  15. 15. Communicable Diseases Department, Health Authority Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  16. 16. Health Regulation Division, Health Authority Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  17. 17. Ras Al Khaimah Hospital, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
  18. 18. Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  19. 19. Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  20. 20. Hospitals Sector, Ministry of Health, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
  21. 21. Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
  22. 22. Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  23. 23. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rashid Hospital Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  24. 24. Infection Control Department, Pauls Stradins Clinical, University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
  25. 25. Liver Disease Research Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  26. 26. Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  27. 27. Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  28. 28. King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Saud Bin Abdulaziz, University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  29. 29. Department of Medicine, King Saud University Liver Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  30. 30. Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  31. 31. Daman National Health Insurance Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  32. 32. Seyal Medical Centre, Multan, Pakistan
  33. 33. Health Authority Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  34. 34. Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  35. 35. Center for Disease Analysis (CDA), Louisville, 80026, CO, United States
  36. 36. Gujranwala Liver Foundation, Siddiq Sadiq Hospital, Gujranwala, Pakistan
  37. 37. Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  38. 38. Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
  39. 39. Division of Hepatobiliary, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  40. 40. Gastroenterology Department, Saint George Hospital, University of Balamand, Balamand, Lebanon
  41. 41. Abu Dhabi Police, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  42. 42. Postgraduate Medical Institute, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
  43. 43. Government Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan
  44. 44. Landspitali - the National University, Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  45. 45. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan
  46. 46. Clinic of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine 'Victor Babes', Timisoara, Romania
  47. 47. Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Landspitali - the National University, Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  48. 48. Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Illnesses, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  49. 49. Kirby Institute University of New South Wales Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  50. 50. Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  51. 51. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  52. 52. Liver Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist, Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  53. 53. Hepatology Center of Buda, Budapest, Hungary
  54. 54. Department of Gastroenterology, Somogy County Kaposi, Mor Teaching Hospital, Kaposvar, Hungary
  55. 55. First Department of Medicine, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
  56. 56. Lebanese American University Medical, Center Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
  57. 57. Aga Khan University, Karachie, Pakistan
  58. 58. Department of Hepatology, Infectology Center of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
  59. 59. Department of Infectology and Dermatology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
  60. 60. Icelandic Cancer Registry, Reykjavik, Iceland
  61. 61. Faculty of Medicine, Landspitali - the National University, Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  62. 62. Division of Infectious Disease, Landspitali - the National University, Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  63. 63. Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea
  64. 64. Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  65. 65. Digestive Disease and GI Oncology Center, Medistra Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  66. 66. Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
  67. 67. Department of Virology, Landspitali - the National University, Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  68. 68. University of Tartu Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
  69. 69. Central Outpatient Clinic Saint Laszlo Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
  70. 70. Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center Digestive Diseases Research, Institute Tehran, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  71. 71. Asian Institute of Medical Science (AIMS), Hyderabade, Pakistan
  72. 72. Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Lebanese American University Medical, Center Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
  73. 73. Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  74. 74. Department of Hepatitis and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  75. 75. Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan
  76. 76. Sub-Direct. for Gastrointestinal Infection, Diarrheal Diseases, and Hepatitis, Direct. of Direct Transmitted Disease Control, Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia
  77. 77. Direct. of Direct Transmitted Disease Control, Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia
  78. 78. Pakistan Medical Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan
  79. 79. Khawar Clinic, Sahiwal, Pakistan
  80. 80. Department of Gastroenterology, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  81. 81. Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, School of Medical Science, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
  82. 82. Jinnah Memorial Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  83. 83. Yusra Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  84. 84. Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
  85. 85. Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control, Direct. of Health in Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
  86. 86. Klinik Hati Prof. Ali Sulaiman, Jakarta, Indonesia
  87. 87. Health Funding Department, Enaya Insurance Company, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  88. 88. Department of Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
  89. 89. Pharmacy Department, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
  90. 90. Postgraduate Medical Institute Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
  91. 91. Doctors Hospital and Medical Center, Lahore, Pakistan
  92. 92. Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology, Karachi, Pakistan
  93. 93. Department of Medicine, Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  94. 94. Department of Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  95. 95. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  96. 96. Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
  97. 97. Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Source: Journal of Viral Hepatitis Published:2015


Abstract

Detailed, country-specific epidemiological data are needed to characterize the burden of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection around the world. With new treatment options available, policy makers and public health officials must reconsider national strategies for infection control. In this study of 15 countries, published and unpublished data on HCV prevalence, viraemia, genotype, age and gender distribution, liver transplants and diagnosis and treatment rates were gathered from the literature and validated by expert consensus in each country. Viraemic prevalence in this study ranged from 0.2% in Iran and Lebanon to 4.2% in Pakistan. The largest viraemic populations were in Pakistan (7 001 000 cases) and Indonesia (3 187 000 cases). Injection drug use (IDU) and a historically unsafe blood supply were major risk factors in most countries. Diagnosis, treatment and liver transplant rates varied widely between countries. However, comparison across countries was difficult as the number of cases changes over time. Access to reliable data on measures such as these is critical for the development of future strategies to manage the disease burden. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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