The distribution of HCV in subjects attending hospitals in Duhok City, Iraq

作     者：Nawfal Rasheed Hussein Amer Abdullah Balatay Alpay Turan Sezgin Rana Saadi Jawad 

作者机构：Department of Internal MedicineCollege of MedicineUniversity of DuhokDuhokIraq Department of PathologyCollege of MedicineUniversity of DuhokDuhokIraq Department of CardiologyAcibadem InstitutesAdanaTurkey Respiratory&Chest Diseases CenterDuhokIraq 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第7卷第3期

页      面：262-264页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：HCV Genotype Iraq Duhok 

摘      要：Objective: To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus(HCV) and its genotypes in Duhok City, Kurdistan Region, ***: A cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of HCV and its genotype. A total of 2 109 subjects, who attended the hospital for complaints other than hepatitis, were recruited in this ***: First, anti-HCV antibody positivity was examined by ELISA. About 5.2%(111/2 109) of our samples were tested positive for anti-HCV antibodies. To confirm the positivity, RT-PCR was performed. Amongst all samples, 2.8%(60/2 109) was positive by RT-PCR. Then, we genotyped all the RT-PCR positive samples, and it was found that50.0%(30/60) of our samples were typed as HCV genotype 4, 43.3%(26/60) as genotype1 and 6.7%(4/60) as genotype ***: The prevalence of HCV was higher than that was reported previously and genotype 4 was the most prevalent. Further population based study is required to investigate the prevalence of HCV.