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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2018; 24(27): 3038-3054
Published online Jul 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i27.3038
Published online Jul 21, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i27.3038
Table 5 Hepatitis C antibody incidence and/or sero-conversion risk rate relative to the total sample size, and evidence gap mapping, Middle East and North Africa
| Country | Systematic review | Literature search period | Number of studies identified | Number of subjects | Population type | Estimation time period | HCV incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) | Loss of follow-up | HCV sero-conversion risk (%) | Duration of follow-up |
| Iraq | Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 57 | Hemodialysis patients | 2009 | - | 0 | 40.3 | 12 mo |
| Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 123 | Pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 2007 | - | 0 | 3.2 | 30 mo (median) | |
| Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 26 | Newborn to HCV infected women | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 mo | |
| Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 85 | Pediatric cancer patients on chemotherapy | 2006-2007 | - | 22 | 3.2 | 12 mo | |
| Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 60 | Healthy children | 2007-2009 | - | 0 | 0 | 6 mo | |
| Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 29 | Pediatric patients with leukemia on chemotherapy | 2007-2009 | - | 0 | 3.5 | 6 mo | |
| Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 27 | Pediatric patients with leukemia who have had their baseline screening prior to chemotherapy | 2007-2009 | - | 0 | 0 | 6 mo | |
| Lebanon | Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Palestine | Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jordan | Chemaitelly, 2015[33] | 1985-2015 | 1 | 1300 | Hemodialysis patients | 2003 | - | - | 9.2 | 12 mo |
| Syria | Bashour, 2016[91] | Unknown | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sievert, 2011[50] | Unknown | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates | Mohamoud, 2016[59] | Unknown | 1 | - | Hemodialysis patients | 1995 | 108 | - | - | - |
| Yemen | Chaabna, 2016[27] | Inception-2015 | 0 | 0 |
- Citation: Chaabna K, Cheema S, Abraham A, Alrouh H, Lowenfels AB, Maisonneuve P, Mamtani R. Systematic overview of hepatitis C infection in the Middle East and North Africa. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(27): 3038-3054
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v24/i27/3038.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i27.3038