Potential for human immunodeficiency virus parenteral transmission in the Middle East and North Africa: An analysis using hepatitis C virus as a proxy biomarker

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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2014; 20(36): 12734-12752
Published online Sep 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12734

Table 3 Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence among high risk human immunodeficiency virus parenteral-transmission population groups in the Middle East and North Africa (other than people who inject drugs)

Country	Population	Seroprevalence (%)	Ref.
Bahrain	Children with hereditary hemolytic anemia	1.6	[257]
Egypt	Blood or blood products recipients	4.8	[380]
	Thalassemia patients	0	[381]
	Children with hemophilia	0	[382]
Iran	Thalassemia patients	0	[44,113,160,168,277,284,288-291,383]
	Hemophilia patients	0-2.3	[161,277,281-284,287]
Jordan	Multi-transfused patients	0	[304]
Lebanon	Multi-transfused patients	0	[384]
Morocco	Hemodialysis patients	0	[316]
Pakistan	Multi-transfused patients	0.98	[385]
	Hemodialysis patients	0.98	[277]
Qatar	Children with thalassemia	38.5	[386]
Saudi Arabia	Multi-transfused, thalassemia and sickle cell disease patients	1.3	[387]
	Children undergoing cancer therapy	0	[70]
	Hemodialysis patients	0	[388]
Tunisia	Hemodialysis patients	0	[359]
	Hemophiliacs	8.6	[365]

Results shown are not of an exhaustive and systematic literature review.

Citation: Mohamoud YA, Miller FD, Abu-Raddad LJ. Potential for human immunodeficiency virus parenteral transmission in the Middle East and North Africa: An analysis using hepatitis C virus as a proxy biomarker. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(36): 12734-12752
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i36/12734.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12734