The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Egypt: a systematic review and data synthesis

Mohamoud, Yousra A; Mumtaz, Ghina R; Riome, Suzanne; Miller, DeWolfe; Abu-Raddad, Laith J

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-288

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Studies reporting prevalence of hepatitis C virus among populations at direct or high risk of exposure in Egypt

From: The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Egypt: a systematic review and data synthesis

Citation	Year	Location	Sampling	Population characteristic	Sample size	Sero-prevalence	RNA prevalence
Viral hepatitis patients
El-Ahmady,94 [10]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		51	25.5%	N/A
El-Gohary,94 [83]	N/A	Suez city, Suez	CS		140	19.2%	N/A
El Gaafary,05 [84]	2002	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		309	14.9%	N/A
Meky,06 [85]	2002-5	Nile River Delta, Lower Egypt	CS		47	78.7%	70.2%
Zakaria,07 [86]	2001-2	Giza, Upper Egypt	CS		200	13.0%	N/A
Kalil,10 [87]	2004-5	Assuit, Upper Egypt	CS	Children with viral hepatitis	150	8.7%	8.7%
Talaat,10 [88]	2001-4	Alexandria city, Alexandria/Abassia, Cairo/Mahalla, Gharbia, Lower Egypt/Qena and Aswan, Upper Egypt	CS		4,189	29.8%	N/A
Eldin,10 [89]	N/A	N/A	CS		235	4.3%	N/A
Badawy,12 [90]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Male military recruits with viral hepatitis	99	8%	N/A
Multi-transfused patients
Khalifa,93 [18]	1990-1	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Multi-transfused children	84	55.0%	N/A
Abdel-Wahab,94 [53]	1992	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Multi-transfused children	71	54.9%	N/A
Said,09 [91]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Multi-transfused children with hematological disorders	49	81.6%	49.0%
Said,09 [91]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Multi-transfused children with hematological malignancies	51	17.6%	23.5%
Salama,09 [78]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Multi-transfused children	33	15.2%	N/A
Kalil,10 [87]	2004-5	Assuit, Upper Egypt	CS	Multi-transfused children	165	58.2%	41.2%
Tonbary,10 [92]	2000-8	Mansoura, Dakahlia, Lower Egypt	CS	Multi-transfused children	72	11.1%	N/A
El-Faramawy,12 [93]	N/A	Qena, Upper Egypt	CS	Multi-transfused children	33	39%	N/A
Abdelwahab,12 [94]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Multi-transfused children	100	40%	N/A
Thalassemic patients
El-Nanawy,95 [19]	N/A	Alexandria city, Alexandria	CS	Children with thalassemia	18	44.4%	N/A
El Gohary,95 [36]	1990-2	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Children with thalassemia	45	75.6%	N/A
Khalifa,04 [95]	2000-3	Cairo city, Cairo	CS	Children with thalassemia	56	69.6%	N/A
Abdalla,06 [96]	2005	Cairo city, Cairo / Banha, Qalubiya, Lower Egypt	CS	Children with thalassemia	33	60.6%	N/A
Omar,11 [97]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		174	51.7%	32.2%
Mansour,12 [98]	2009-10	Mansoura, Dakahlia, Lower Egypt	CS	Children with thalassemia	200	19.5%	N/A
El-Faramawy,12 [93]	N/A	Qena, Upper Egypt	CS	Children with thalassemia	67	48%	N/A
Schistosomiasis patients
Bassily,92 [99]	N/A	Nile River Delta, Lower Egypt	CS		31	41.9%	N/A
El-Nanawy,95 [19]	N/A	Alexandria city, Alexandria	CS		21	38.1%	N/A
El-Zayadi,97 [39]	N/A	N/A	CS		320	16.3%	N/A
Zekri,02 [100]	1998-00	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		47	42.5%	N/A
Arafa,05 [62]	2002-3	Zawiat Razin, Menoufia, Lower Egypt	CS	Schistomiasis patients treated with PAT	206	51.5%	N/A
El-Sabah,11 [101]	N/A	Rural area, Cairo/ Gharbia, Lower Egypt	CS	Schistosomiasis patients treated with PAT	50	84.0%	N/A
El-Sabah,11 [101]	N/A	Rural area, Cairo/ Gharbia, Lower Egypt	CS	Schistosomiasis patients treated orally up to 8 years ago	52	7.7%	N/A
Hemodialysis patients
Hassan,93 [102]	N/A	N/A	CS		105	67.0%	N/A
Abdel-Wahab,94 [53]	1992	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		78	46.2%	N/A
El-Ahmady,94 [10]	N/A	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		25	84.0%	N/A
El Gohary,95 [36]	1990-2	Suez city, Suez and Ismailia, Lower Egypt	CS		108	70.4%	N/A
Gohar,95 [72]	N/A	N/A	CS		64	87.5%	N/A
Hassan,00 [103]	1996	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		210	59.0%	N/A
Shatat,00 [104]	1999	N/A	CS		83	78.5%	N/A
Gad,02 [105]	1998	Ismailia, Lower Egypt	CS		47	72.0%	N/A
Zekri,02 [100]	1998-00	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		30	56.6%	N/A
El Yazeed,06 [106]	2002-4	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		40	100.0%	N/A
Kandil,07 [22]	2004-6	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		31	51.6%	N/A
Hammad,09 [25]	2008	Mansoura, Dakahlia, Lower Egypt	CS		34	94.1%	N/A
Attia,10 [107]	2008-9	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		206	46.1%	N/A
Ibrahim,10 [108]	2007	Cairo city, Cairo	CS		100	75.0%	N/A
Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
El-Ghazzawi,95 [109]	N/A	Alexandria city, Alexandria	CS		100	63.0%	N/A

CS convenience sampling, N/A not available, PAT parenteral antischistosomiasis therapy.

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