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Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in select countries - Volume 2

  • V. Saraswat*
  • , S. Norris
  • , R. J. De Knegt
  • , J. F. Sanchez Avila
  • , M. Sonderup
  • , E. Zuckerman
  • , P. Arkkila
  • , C. Stedman
  • , S. Acharya
  • , I. Aho
  • , A. C. Anand
  • , M. I. Andersson
  • , V. Arendt
  • , O. Baatarkhuu
  • , K. Barclay
  • , Z. Ben-Ari
  • , C. Bergin
  • , F. Bessone
  • , S. Blach
  • , N. Blokhina
  • C. R. Brunton, G. Choudhuri, V. Chulanov, L. Cisneros, E. A. Croes, Y. A. Dahgwahdorj, O. Dalgard, J. R. Daruich, N. R. Dashdorj, D. Davaadorj, M. De Vree, C. Estes, R. Flisiak, A. C. Gadano, E. Gane, W. Halota, A. Hatzakis, C. Henderson, P. Hoffmann, J. Hornell, D. Houlihan, S. Hrusovsky, P. Jarčuška, D. Kershenobich, K. Kostrzewska, P. Kristian, M. Leshno, Y. Lurie, A. Mahomed, N. Mamonova, N. Mendez-Sanchez, J. Mossong, E. Nurmukhametova, P. Nymadawa, M. Oltman, J. Oyunbileg, Ts Oyunsuren, G. Papatheodoridis, N. Pimenov, N. Prabdial-Sing, M. Prins, P. Puri, S. Radke, A. Rakhmanova, H. Razavi, K. Razavi-Shearer, H. W. Reesink, E. Ridruejo, R. Safadi, O. Sagalova, R. Sanduijav, I. Schréter, C. Seguin-Devaux, S. R. Shah, I. Shestakova, A. Shevaldin, O. Shibolet, S. Sokolov, K. Souliotis, C. W. Spearman, T. Staub, E. A. Strebkova, D. Struck, K. Tomasiewicz, L. Undram, A. J. Van Der Meer, D. Van Santen, I. Veldhuijzen, F. G. Villamil, S. Willemse, F. R. Zuure, M. O. Silva, V. Sypsa, E. Gower
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
  • St James's Hospital
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
  • University of Cape Town
  • Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  • Helsinki University Hospital
  • University of Otago
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • Apollo Hospitals Group
  • Stellenbosch University
  • Center Hospitalier de Luxembourg
  • Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
  • Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • Universidad Nacional de Rosario
  • Center for Disease Analysis
  • Hospital of Infectious Diseases #1
  • Canterbury District Health Board
  • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepato-Biliary Sciences, Fortis Memorial Research Institute
  • Central Research Institute of Epidemiology
  • Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
  • Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction
  • University of Oslo
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Onom Foundation
  • University of Groningen
  • Medical University of Białystok
  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
  • Auckland District Health Board
  • Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, CMUMK Bydgoszcz
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme
  • Health Directorate
  • University College Dublin
  • Slovak Medical University
  • Medical Faculty
  • Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
  • HTA Consulting
  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • Clinical Diagnostics and Research Center
  • Fundación Clínica Médica Sur
  • Laboratoire National de Santé
  • Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center
  • Ministry of Health
  • Mongolian Academy of Sciences
  • National Health Laboratory Services
  • Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam
  • Academic Medical Centre
  • Army Hospital Research and Referral
  • ESR
  • The University of Auckland
  • St. Petersburg City AIDS Center
  • Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno
  • Hadassah University Medical Centre
  • South Ural State Medical University
  • Luxembourg Institute of Health
  • Global Hospitals
  • A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Russian Ministry of Health
  • Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with Immunoprophylaxis, St. Petersburg Polyclinic 74
  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
  • Tyumen Regional State Autonomous Healthcare Institution Consulting and Diagnostic Centre
  • University of Peloponnese
  • Samara State Medical University
  • Medical University of Lublin
  • Universidad Austral
  • Division of Infectious Disease Control
  • Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires

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Abstract

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver related morbidity and mortality. In many countries, there is a lack of comprehensive epidemiological data that are crucial in implementing disease control measures as new treatment options become available. Published literature, unpublished data and expert consensus were used to determine key parameters, including prevalence, viremia, genotype and the number of patients diagnosed and treated. In this study of 15 countries, viremic prevalence ranged from 0.13% in the Netherlands to 2.91% in Russia. The largest viremic populations were in India (8 666 000 cases) and Russia (4 162 000 cases). In most countries, males had a higher rate of infections, likely due to higher rates of injection drug use (IDU). Estimates characterizing the infected population are critical to focus screening and treatment efforts as new therapeutic options become available.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6-25
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Viral Hepatitis
Volume22
Issue numbers1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • HCV
  • diagnosis
  • disease burden
  • epidemiology
  • hepatitis C
  • incidence
  • mortality
  • prevalence
  • treatment

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