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Table 1 HBsAg and anti-HCV prevalence in PWID in the EU/EEA

From: Hepatitis B/C in the countries of the EU/EEA: a systematic review of the prevalence among at-risk groups

Country

HBsAg

Anti-HCV

Year

Sample size

Prevalence (95% CI)

Study design

Setting

Year

Sample size

Prevalence (95% CI)

Study design

Setting

Austria

–

–

–

  

2013

48

31.3 (18.7–46.3)

DT

ODD

Croatia

2007

200

0.5 (0.0–2.8)

SP

PRI

2007

200

44 (37.0–51.2)

SP

PRI

Cyprus

2013

82

6.1 (2.0–13.7)

DT

DTC

2013

82

47.6 (36.4–58.9)

DT

DTC

Czech Republic

–

–

–

  

2013

1889

14.6 (13.1–16.3)

DT

NSP

Denmark

–

–

–

  

2008

223

52.5 (45.7–59.2)

SP (UAT)

ODD

Finland

–

–

–

  

2009

682

60.5 (56.8–64.3)

SP (UAT)

NSP

Greece

2013

1337

3.0 (2.2–4.1)

DT

DTC; LTS; OTH; PHL; PRI; STR;

2013

1309

68.1 (65.5–70.6)

DT

DTC; LTS; PHL; PRI; OTH STR;

Hungary

2011

664

0.5 (0.1–1.3)

SP

DTC, NSP

2011

652

24.1 (20.8–27.6)

SP

DTC; NSP

Ireland

2010

200

0.5 (0.0–2.8)

SP

PRI

2010

200

41.5 (34.6–48.7)

SP

PRI

Italy

–

–

–

  

2010

743

60.5 (56.8–64.0)

DT

DTC

Latvia

2013

562

2.1 (1.1–3.7)

DT

DTC

2013

522

70.1 (66.0–74.0)

DT

NSP

Malta

–

–

–

  

2013

109

13.8 (7.9–21.7)

DT

ANT; DTC; HTC; OHC; PHL; STI

Norway

–

 

–

  

2013

6342

63.0 (61.8–64.2)

SP

DTC

Portugal

2013

399

6.3 (4.1–9.1)

DT

DTC

2013

414

84.3 (80.4–87.7)

DT

DTC

Slovenia

–

–

–

  

2009

112

32.1 (23.6–41.6)

DT

DTC

United Kingdom

–

–

–

  

2013

3144

49.1 (47.4–50.9)

SP (UAT)

DTC; LTS; OTH; NSP

  1. Acronyms (study design): DT diagnostic testing, SP specific prevalence study, UAT unlinked anonymous testing
  2. Acronyms (setting): ANT Antenatal Clinics, DTC Drug Treatment Centres, HTC HIV Testing Centres, LTS Low Threshold Services, ODD Overdose Deaths, OHC Other Hospitals or Clinics, OTH Other, NSP Needle Exchange Programmes, PHL Public Health Laboratories, PRI Prisons, STI STI clinics, STR Street