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Table 1 The worldwide prevalence of HBV and HCV among hemodialysis patients (The table was adopted from references 7 and 8)

From: Hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in the West Bank hospitals, Palestine

Country

Year

HBVa

HCVb

Total n° of patients

Percent

Total n° of patients

Percent

Bahrain

2004

81

11.8

NAc

NA

Belgian

2000

NA

NA

1710

6.8

Brazil

2006

1095

29.8

NA

NA

Brazil

2002

NA

NA

795

16.5

Brazil

2001

NA

NA

428

39

Germany

2002

NA

NA

2796

6.1

Germany

1992

NA

NA

122

3.3

Greece

2006

49

20.4

NA

NA

Greece

2005

NA

NA

366

24

India

2005

75

14.2

134

5.9

Indonesia

2002

NA

NA

93

63.4

Indonesia

1996

NA

NA

76

76.3

Iran

2005

324

4.6

NA

NA

Iran

2003

NA

NA

838

21.0

Israel

1999

NA

NA

65

24.6

Jordan

2008

427

5.9

NA

NA

Jordan

2002

NA

NA

283

34.6

Kenya

2003

100

8

NA

NA

Lebanon

1996

NA

NA

317

27.0

Mexico

2004

NA

NA

149

6.7

Morocco

2005

186

2

NA

NA

Pakistan

2004

97

12.4

NA

NA

Saudi Arabia

2001

67

10

NA

NA

Spain

2005

86

20.9

NA

NA

Switzerland

2000

1713

1.63

NA

NA

Syria

1998

NA

NA

120

75.0

Tunisia

2001

NA

NA

4340

19.1

Turkey

2006

188

25

NA

NA

USA

2001

252739

0.9

NA

NA

Vietnam!

2013

113

7.0

113

6.0

Co-infection 1 %

  1. a HBV hepatitis B virus, b HCV hepatitis C virus. c NA not applicable!