Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in select countries—volume 4

Abderrahmane Maaroufi, Adriana Vince, Sayed M. Himatt, Rosmawati Binti Mohamed, James Fung, Ohene Opare‐Sem, A. Workneh, Richard Njouom, Imad Ghazzawi, Maheeba Abdulla

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Kulpash Kaliaskarova, Shirley Owusu‐Ofori, M. K. Abdelmageed, Danjuma Kamlen ADDA, O. Akin, A. Al Baqali, Nazeeh Al Dweik, Khalid Al Ejji, S. Al Kaabi, Khalid Al Naamani, Jehad AlQamish, M. Al Sadadi, Jameela Alsalman, M. AlBadri, Said A. Al‐Busafi, Hamad Eid Al‐Romaihi, William Ampofo, Krasimir Antonov, Chukwuma Anyaike, F. Arome, Abate Bane, Sarah Blach, M. M. Borodo, S. Brandon, Bisi Bright, M. T. Butt, I. Cardenas, Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan, Chien‐Jen Chen, Ding‐Shinn Chen, Pei‐Jer Chen, Rong‐Nan Chien, Wan‐Long Chuang, Diego Cuellar, M.F. Derbala, A. A. Elbardiny, Chris Estes, E. Farag, Ivane Gamkrelidze, V. Garcia, J Genov, Z. Ghandour, M. Ghuloom, B. Gomez, Jessie Gunter, J. Habeeb, O. Hajelssedig, Waseem Hamoudi, Irena Hrstić, Ching‐Chih Hu, Chung‐Feng Huang, Yee Tak Hui, Rohani Jahis, Deian Jelev, Anil K John, Yasser Medhat Kamel, Jia‐Horng Kao, Jawad Khamis, Hamida Khattabi, Ibtissam Khoudri, Akzhan Konysbekova, Iskren Andreev Kotzev, Moon Sing Lai, Wenyu Lao, Jennifer E. Layden, M.-H. Lee, Olufunmilayo Adenike Lesi, M. Li, Acy Lo, Ching‐kong Loo, Boris Lukšić, Abraham O. Malu, Lyudmila Mateva, Rumiana G. Mitova, Miro Morović, K. Murphy, B. Mustapha, H. Nde, Nersesov Alexander Vitalevich, Evelyn Ngige, Oudou Njoya, Diana Nonković, Solomon Obekpa, Stephen Oguche, Eucharia Okolo, Ogu Omede, Casimir Erhunmwun Omuemu, Pascale Ondoa, Richard Odame Phillips, Yuriy Prokopenko

2017

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DOI 10.1111/jvh.12762
Data confidence 85 high
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Abstract

Summary Due to the introduction of newer, more efficacious treatment options, there is a pressing need for policy makers and public health officials to develop or adapt national hepatitis C virus (HCV) control strategies to the changing epidemiological landscape. To do so, detailed, country‐specific data are needed to characterize the burden of chronic HCV infection. In this study of 17 countries, a literature review of published and unpublished data on HCV prevalence, viraemia, genotype, age and gender distribution, liver transplants and diagnosis and treatment rates was conducted, and inputs were validated by expert consensus in each country. Viraemic prevalence in this study ranged from 0.2% in Hong Kong to 2.4% in Taiwan, while the largest viraemic populations were in Nigeria (2 597 000 cases) and Taiwan (569 000 cases). Diagnosis, treatment and liver transplant rates varied widely across the countries included in this analysis, as did the availability of reliable data. Addressing data gaps will be critical for the development of future strategies to manage and minimize the disease burden of hepatitis C.