Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus prevalence among dialysis patients in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: a survey by serologic and molecular methods

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dc.contributor.authorA Qadi, Abeer
dc.contributor.authorTamim, Hala
dc.contributor.authorAmeen, Ghada
dc.contributor.authorBu-Ali, Abdulrahman
dc.contributor.authorAl-Arrayed, Sameer
dc.contributor.authorY Almawi, Wassim
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T10:29:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-19T08:45:21Z
dc.date.available2022-02-22T10:29:58Z
dc.date.available2023-08-19T08:45:21Z
dc.date.issued2004-12
dc.description.abstractHepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections were assessed among 81 Bahraini and 34 Saudi hemodialysis patients and 7714 Bahraini and 2330 Saudi blood donors. Higher prevalence of HCV (9.24% vs 0.30%), hepatitis B surface antigen (5.88% vs 0.62%) were seen in patients versus control patients, and in Saudi patients compared with Bahraini patients. HCV genotypes were HCV 1a/1b plus HCV 4 among Bahraini patients and HCV 2/2a plus HCV 4 among Saudi patients. This is the first report on viral hepatitis in Bahrain and the first to compare HBV/HCV among dialysis patients in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula.en_US
dc.identifier.citationQadi, A. A., Tamim, H., Ameen, G., Bu-Ali, A., Al-Arrayed, S., Fawaz, N. A., & Almawi, W. Y. (2004). Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus prevalence among dialysis patients in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: a survey by serologic and molecular methods. American journal of infection control, 32(8), 493-495.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2003.12.009
dc.identifier.urihttps://edms.wexl.in/handle/1/2722
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican journal of infection controlen_US
dc.subjectHepatitis Ben_US
dc.subjectHepatitis Cen_US
dc.subjectInfectionsen_US
dc.subjectSaudi patientsen_US
dc.subjectBahrainen_US
dc.titleHepatitis B and hepatitis C virus prevalence among dialysis patients in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: a survey by serologic and molecular methodsen_US
dc.title.alternativeAmerican journal of infection controlen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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