Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus prevalence among dialysis patients in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: A survey by serologic and molecular methods

被引：37

作者：

Qadi, AA

Tamim, H

Ameen, G

Bu-Ali, A

Al-Arrayed, S

Fawaz, NA

Almawi, WY

机构：

[1] Arabian Gulf Univ, Coll Med & Med Sci, Manama, Bahrain

[2] Amer Univ Beirut, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Beirut, Lebanon

[3] King Faisal Univ, Dept Hematol, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL | 2004年 / 32卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.ajic.2003.12.009

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections were assessed among 81 Bahraini and 34 Saudi hemodialysis patients and 7714 Bahraini and 2330 Saudi blood donors. Higher prevalence of HCV (9.24 % vs 0.30 %), hepatitis B surface antigen (5.88 % vs 0.62%) were seen in patients versus control patients, and in Saudi patients compared with Bahraini patients. HCV genotypes were HCV 1a/1b plus HCV 4 among Bahraini patients and HCV 2/2a plus HCV 4 among Saudi patients. This is the first report on viral hepatitis in Bahrain and the first to compare HBV/HCV among dialysis patients in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula.

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页码：493 / 495

页数：3

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