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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2015; 21(38): 10790-10810
Published online Oct 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i38.10790
Published online Oct 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i38.10790
Table 1 Prevalence of hepatitis C virus among blood donors in Iran
Author | Year of study | City or province | Location | No. of participants | No. of positive samples | Prevalence | Test | Ref. |
Taheri Azbarmi | 2003-2005 | Rasht, Gilan province | North | 49820 | 91 | 0.18% | ELISA and RIBA | [36] |
Mansour-Ghanaei | 1998-2003 | Gilan | North | 221508 | 3603 | 1.62% | ELISA | [37] |
709 | 0.32% | RIBA | ||||||
Bani Aghil | 2006-2008 | Golestan | North-East | 128198 | 161 | 0.12% | ELISA and immunoblot | [38] |
Khedmat | 2003-2005 | Tehran | North-Center | 1004889 | 21390 | 2.10% | ELISA | [39] |
1005 | 0.10% | RT-PCR | ||||||
Attarchi | 2003-2004 | Tehran | North-Center | 26645 | 42 | 0.20% | ELISA and RIBA | [40] |
Khedmat | 2005-2006 | Tehran | North-Center | 318029 | 323 | 0.09% | ELISA, immunoblot and RT-PCR | [35] |
Bozorgi | 2002-2004 | Qazvin | West-Center | 48116 | 73 | 0.15% | ELISA and RIBA | [41] |
Mahdaviani | 2004 | Arak | West-Center | 11615 | 81 | 0.70% | ELISA | [42] |
33 | 0.20% | RIBA | ||||||
Bozorgi | 2009 | Qazvin | West-Center | 20591 | 328 | 1.59% | ELISA | [43] |
35 | 0.17% | HCV confirmatory tests (ND) | ||||||
Afzali | 1996-2001 | Kashan | Center | 43731 | 477 | 1.10% | ELISA | [44] |
Moniri | 2001-2002 | Kashan | Center | 600 | 3 | 0.50% | ELISA | [45] |
Karimi | 2004-2006 | Shahr-e Kord | Central | 35124 | 70 | 0.20% | ELISA and immunoblot | [46] |
Masaeli | 2002-2003 | Isfahan | Center | 29458 | 24 | 0.27% | ELISA and RIBA | [47] |
Esmaieli | 2006-2007 | Bushehr | South | 20294 | 42 | 0.20% | ELISA and immunoblot | [48] |
Ghavanini | 1998 | Shiraz | South | 7897 | 47 | 0.59% | ELISA and immunoblot | [49] |
Emamghorashi | 2001-2003 | Jahrom | South | 3000 | 9 | 0.30% | ELISA and immunoblot | [50] |
Kasraian | 2002-2005 | Shiraz | South | 507531 | 710 | 0.14% | ELISA | [51] |
Kasraian | 2007-2008 | Shiraz | South | 93987 | 203 | 0.21% | ELISA and RIBA | [52] |
Delavari | 2003 | Kerman | South-East | 15252 | 60 | 0.39% | ELISA | [53] |
Tajbakhsh | 2004 | Shahr-e kord | West | 11472 | 69 | 0.60% | ELISA | [54] |
Doosti | 2003-2004 | Shahrekord | West | 11200 | 76 | 0.67% | ELISA | [55] |
0.59% | immunoblot | |||||||
0.41% | RT-PCR | |||||||
Ghafouri | 2006-2009 | South Khorasan | East | 42652 | 31 | 0.07% | ELISA | [56] |
13 | 0.03% | RIBA |
- Citation: Taherkhani R, Farshadpour F. Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Iran. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(38): 10790-10810
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i38/10790.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i38.10790