Systematic overview of hepatitis C infection in the Middle East and North Africa

Table 2 Hepatitis C antibody prevalence evidence gap mapping with quality assessment, Arab Peninsula

	Bahrain	Kuwait	Oman	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	Yemen
Blood donors	No data	0.8%-1.2% (nationals) (2002) 5.4%-13.5% (migrants) (2002)1	0.4%-0.7% (2006-2011)1	1.1% (nationals and migrants) 0.5%(nationals) (-)2	0.0%-5.6% (nationals and migrants, 1988-2009) 0.4%-4.2% (nationals, 1990-2009) 0.0%-34.0% (migrant, 1990-2002)1	0.5%-1.1% (2004-2009)1	1.7% (2005)1
Pregnant women	No data	No data	No data	No data	0.1%-4.6% (1989-2002)1	13.0%-13.4% (migrants) (1994-1996)1	3.3%-8.5% (2011)1
Children	No data	No data	No data	No data	0.7%-1.8% (1989-2002)1	No data	2.1% (2007-2009)1
Hemodialysis, renal dialysis, and/or dialysis patients	9.2% (-)3	27.0%-71.0% (1992-1995)1	26.5% (1991)1	44.6% (-)2	14.7%-78.2% (1995-2008)1	24.4% (1991-1993)1	40.0%-62.7% (1997-2013)1
Hemophiliac or other bleeding disorder patients	60.0% (1992)2	No data	No data	No data	78.6% (-)3	No data	No data
Transfused patients	No data	No data	No data	No data	4.6%-78.6% (1990-2011)1	No data	No data
Thalassemic patients	No data	33.0% (1965-1995)1	No data	No data	12.7%-70.0% (1990-2000)1	18.8% (1990-2001)2	No data
Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	No data	No data	No data	No data	48.5% (2006-2008)1	No data	28.4%-38.2% (2001-2010)1
Patients with acute liver disease	No data	No data	No data	No data	3.4%-40.7% (2000-2005)1	1.2% (2006-2007)1	6.4%-8.8% (1997-1999)1
Patients with chronic liver disease	No data	37.8% (-)2	No data	29.4 (2000-2005)1	11.9%-65.0% (1989-2004)1	43.7% (-)2	33.8% (-)3
Healthcare workers	No data	0.9% (-)2	0.0% (-)2	No data	0.0%-0.3% (2001-2005)1	No data	1.1%-3.5% (-)3
Barbers	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data
Contact of patients with hepatitis C	No data	No data	No data	No data	0.0%-1.6% (-)2	27.0% (1994-1996)1	No data
People who inject drugs	No data	No data	48.1% (2011)1	No data	14.4%-54.7% (1995-2004)1	No data	No data
Prisoners	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data
Patients with HIV and/or other sexually transmitted infection	No data	0.9%(2012)1	No data	No data	12.0%-15.9% (1985-2010)1	No data	No data
Sex workers	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data
Men who have sex with men	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data

Prevalence, year of data collection.

¹Good quality;

²Average quality;

³Poor quality.