Incidence and prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in hemodialysis patients in Lebanon

World Journal of Nephrology
Antoine Abou RachedWalid Ammar

Abstract

To determine the incidence and the prevalence of hepatitis B and C viral infections in patients on hemodialysis (HD) across Lebanon. We reviewed the data registry at the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health where records of monthly hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) serology are reported from 60 affiliated HD centers across Lebanon. All patients who were on HD or who started HD between October 2010 and July 2012 were included in the study. Patients from seven HD centers were excluded due to inadequate and incomplete results reporting. During the selected period, HBsAg and HCV serology were available for 3769 patients from 53 HD centers distributed at all Lebanese governorates. The prevalence was calculated by dividing the number of patients with positive HBsAg or HCV serology to the total number of patients. The Incidence was calculated by dividing the number of newly acquired infection to number of patients-years (p-y). Incidence rates at different governorates were compared to each other using two tailed Z test and a P value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Sixty out of 3769 HD patients were found to have positive HBS Ag and 177 out of 3769 were positive for HCV Antibodies. The prevalence of he...Continue Reading

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Jan 21, 2017·World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG·Soheil Ashkani-EsfahaniMohammad Salehi-Marzijarani
Dec 12, 2018·Seminars in Dialysis·Fabrizio Fabrizi, Piergiorgio Messa

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