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Review
. 2017 Oct:24 Suppl 2:8-24.
doi: 10.1111/jvh.12762.

Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in select countries-volume 4

A Maaroufi  1 , A Vince  2 , S M Himatt  3 , R Mohamed  4 , J Fung  5 , O Opare-Sem  6 , A Workneh  7   8 , R Njouom  9 , I Al Ghazzawi  10 , M Abdulla  11 , K S Kaliaskarova  12   13 , S Owusu-Ofori  14 , M K Abdelmageed  15 , D Adda  16   17 , O Akin  18 , A Al Baqali  19 , N Al Dweik  20 , K Al Ejji  20 , S Al Kaabi  20 , K Al Naamani  21 , J Al Qamish  22 , M Al Sadadi  11 , J Al Salman  11 , M AlBadri  20 , S A Al-Busafi  23 , H E Al-Romaihi  3 , W Ampofo  24 , K Antonov  25 , C Anyaike  18 , F Arome  26 , A Bane  27   28 , S Blach  29 , M M Borodo  30   31 , S M Brandon  29 , B Bright  32 , M T Butt  20 , I Cardenas  33 , H L Y Chan  34   35 , C J Chen  36 , D S Chen  37 , P J Chen  38 , R N Chien  39 , W L Chuang  40 , D Cuellar  41 , M Derbala  20 , A A Elbardiny  3 , C Estes  29 , E Farag  3 , I Gamkrelidze  29 , V Garcia  42 , J Genov  43 , Z Ghandour  44 , M Ghuloom  11 , B Gomez  45 , J Gunter  29 , J Habeeb  11 , O Hajelssedig  20 , W Hamoudi  46   47 , I Hrstic  48 , C C Hu  39 , C F Huang  40 , Y T Hui  49 , R Jahis  50 , D Jelev  25 , A K John  20 , Y Kamel  20   51 , J H Kao  52 , J Khamis  11 , H Khattabi  53 , I Khoudri  1 , A Konysbekova  54   55 , I Kotzev  56 , M S Lai  57 , W C Lao  58 , J Layden  59 , M H Lee  60 , O Lesi  61   62 , M Li  63 , A Lo  35 , C K Loo  64 , B Lukšić  65 , A O Malu  66 , L Mateva  25 , R Mitova  43 , M Morović  67 , K Murphy  29 , B Mustapha  68 , H Nde  29 , A Nersesov  69 , E Ngige  18 , O Njoya  70 , D Nonković  71 , S Obekpa  26   66 , S Oguche  72   73   74 , E E Okolo  75 , O Omede  18 , C Omuemu  76 , P Ondoa  77   78 , R O Phillips  6 , Y N Prokopenko  13 , H Razavi  29 , D Razavi-Shearer  29 , B Redae  28   79 , T Reic  80 , T Rinke de Wit  81 , C Rios  82 , S Robbins  29 , L R Roberts  83 , S J Sanad  44 , J D Schmelzer  29 , M Sharma  20 , M Simonova  84 , T H Su  52 , K Sultan  20 , S S Tan  85 , K Tchernev  86 , O T Y Tsang  87 , S Tsang  88 , C Tzeuton  89 , S Ugoeze  90 , B Uzochukwu  91 , R Vi  13   92 , H U Wani  20 , V W S Wong  34   93 , R Yacoub  20 , K I Yesmembetov  94 , M Youbi  1 , M F Yuen  95 , K Razavi-Shearer  29
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Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in select countries-volume 4

A Maaroufi et al. J Viral Hepat. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

Due to the introduction of newer, more efficacious treatment options, there is a pressing need for policy makers and public health officials to develop or adapt national hepatitis C virus (HCV) control strategies to the changing epidemiological landscape. To do so, detailed, country-specific data are needed to characterize the burden of chronic HCV infection. In this study of 17 countries, a literature review of published and unpublished data on HCV prevalence, viraemia, genotype, age and gender distribution, liver transplants and diagnosis and treatment rates was conducted, and inputs were validated by expert consensus in each country. Viraemic prevalence in this study ranged from 0.2% in Hong Kong to 2.4% in Taiwan, while the largest viraemic populations were in Nigeria (2 597 000 cases) and Taiwan (569 000 cases). Diagnosis, treatment and liver transplant rates varied widely across the countries included in this analysis, as did the availability of reliable data. Addressing data gaps will be critical for the development of future strategies to manage and minimize the disease burden of hepatitis C.

Keywords: HCV; diagnosis; disease burden; epidemiology; hepatitis C; historical; incidence; mortality; prevalence; treatment.

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