TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus prevalence among dialysis patients in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
T2 - A survey by serologic and molecular methods
AU - Qadi, Abeer A.
AU - Tamim, Hala
AU - Ameen, Ghada
AU - Bu-Ali, Abdulrahman
AU - Al-Arrayed, Sameer
AU - Fawaz, Naglaa A.
AU - Almawi, Wassim Y.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections were assessed among 81 Bahraini and 34 Saudi hemodialysis patients and 7714 Bahraini and 2330 Saudi blood donors. Higher prevalence of HCV (9.24% vs 0.30%), hepatitis B surface antigen (5.88% vs 0.62%) were seen in patients versus control patients, and in Saudi patients compared with Bahraini patients. HCV genotypes were HCV 1a/1b plus HCV 4 among Bahraini patients and HCV 2/2a plus HCV 4 among Saudi patients. This is the first report on viral hepatitis in Bahrain and the first to compare HBV/HCV among dialysis patients in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula.
AB - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections were assessed among 81 Bahraini and 34 Saudi hemodialysis patients and 7714 Bahraini and 2330 Saudi blood donors. Higher prevalence of HCV (9.24% vs 0.30%), hepatitis B surface antigen (5.88% vs 0.62%) were seen in patients versus control patients, and in Saudi patients compared with Bahraini patients. HCV genotypes were HCV 1a/1b plus HCV 4 among Bahraini patients and HCV 2/2a plus HCV 4 among Saudi patients. This is the first report on viral hepatitis in Bahrain and the first to compare HBV/HCV among dialysis patients in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.12.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 15573057
AN - SCOPUS:9644259210
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 32
SP - 493
EP - 495
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 8
ER -
