TY - JOUR AU - Mora, Nallely AU - Adams, William H. AU - Kliethermes, Stephanie AU - Dugas, Lara AU - Balasubramanian, Neelam AU - Sandhu, Jasmin AU - Nde, Helen AU - Small, Christina AU - Jose, Joanne AU - Scaglione, Steven AU - Layden, Jennifer E. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/13 TI - A Synthesis of Hepatitis C prevalence estimates in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2000–2013 JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 283 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Hepatitis C (HCV) is a deleterious virus that can be cured with new, highly effective anti-viral treatments, yet more than 185 million individuals worldwide remain HCV positive (with the vast majority un-diagnosed or untreated). Of importance, HCV is a leading cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the prevalence remains high but uncertain due to little population-based evidence of the epidemic. We aimed to synthesize available data to calculate and highlight the HCV disease burden in SSA. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1584-1 DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1584-1 ID - Mora2016 ER -