Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Iran

Table 5 Prevalence of hepatitis C virus among hemophilia patients in Iran

Author	Year of study	City or province	Location	No. of participants	No. of positive samples	Prevalence	Test	Ref.
Mansour-Ghanaei	1999	Gilan	North	101	72	71.30%	RIBA	[120]
Torabi	2004	East Azarbaijan	North-West	130	72	56.00%	ELISA, RIBA	[121]
Valizadeh	2010	West Azarbaijan	North-West	35	3	8.57%	ELISA, RIBA and RT-PCR	[122]
Mousavian	2003-2005	Tehran	North-Center	1095	802	72.30%	ELISA and RT-PCR	[123]
Kalantari	2008-2010	Isfahan	Center	615	495	80.50%	ELISA	[124]
					347	56.40%	RT-PCR
Mobini	2006	Yazd	Center	77	41	53.20%	ELISA	[125]
					38	49.40%	RT-PCR
Yazdani	1996-2010	Isfahan	Center	350	231	66.00%	ELISA	[126]
Javadzadeh Shahshahani	2003	Yazd	Center	74	36	48.60%	ELISA and RIBA	[127]
Samimi-Rad	2004	Markazi	West-Center	76	34	44.70%	ELISA	[128]
					33	43.40%	RIBA
					23	30.26%	RT-PCR
Mahdaviani	2004	Markazi	West-Center	68	26	38.20%	ELISA	[129]
					25	36.70%	RIBA
Karimi	1999-2000	Shiraz	South	281	44	15.65%	ELISA and immunoblot	[130]
Assarehzadegan	2008-2009	Ahvaz	South-West	87	47	54.00%	ELISA	[131]
					42	48.30%	RT-PCR
Zahedi	2002	Kerman	South-East	97	43	44.30%	ELISA and RIBA	[132]
Sharifi-Mood	2003-2006	Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan	South-East	81	24	29.60%	ELISA and immunoblot	[133]
Esfahani	2012	Hamadan	West	89	44	49.40%	ELISA	[134]
					15	16.70%	RT-PCR

ELISA: Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; RT-PCR: Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RIBA: Recombinant immunoblot assay.