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Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus: the first population-based study from Iran

Author(s) -

Shahin Merat,

Rezvan Hashemi,

Mehdi Nouraie,

Elham Jafari,

Hassan Abolghasemi,

Amir Reza Radmard,

Hanieh ZaerRezaii,

S Amini Kafiabad,

Mahtab Maghsudlu,

Akram Pourshams,

Reza Malekzadeh,

Saeed Esmaili

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.032

Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , hepatitis c , population , hepatitis c virus , prevalence , viral hepatitis , multivariate analysis , immunology , virology , serology , epidemiology , antibody , virus , environmental health

Early studies on blood donors point to a seroprevalence of approximately 0.25% for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Iran. However, the true prevalence in the general population is unknown. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of HCV infection in the general population of Iran.

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