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| ISSN |
2308-3840 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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| Category |
Infectious Diseases |
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Meta-Analysis |
| Article Title |
Hepatitis C virus among blood donors and general population in Middle East and North Africa: Meta-analyses and meta-regressions
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Unsolicited Manuscript |
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Sarwat Mahmud, Hiam Chemaitelly, Ahmed S Alaama, Joumana G Hermez and Laith Abu-Raddad |
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Grant Number |
| National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) grant from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation) |
12S-0216-190094 |
| Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Biomathematics Research Core at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar |
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| Corresponding Author |
Laith Abu-Raddad, PhD, Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Education City, PO Box, Doha 24144, Qatar. lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu |
| Key Words |
Hepatitis C virus; Viral hepatitis; Blood donors; General population; Middle East and North Africa; Meta-analysis; Meta-regression |
| Core Tip |
We investigated hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology among blood donors and the wider general population in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). For comparison, similar analyses were performed for Europe. Our results indicated that HCV antibody prevalence in the population of MENA and Europe appears to be declining by 4% per year. Blood donor data in MENA (but not in Europe) were found to provide a useful proxy for HCV infection levels and trends in the general population. Thus, the data can be utilized in HCV estimates and to assess, track and validate progress towards World Health Organization elimination goals for HCV. |
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2022-02-28 11:14 |
| Citation |
Mahmud S, Chemaitelly H, Alaama AS, Hermez JG, Abu-Raddad L. Hepatitis C virus among blood donors and general population in Middle East and North Africa: Meta-analyses and meta-regressions. World J Meta-Anal 2022; 10(1): 12-24 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/full/v10/i1/12.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.13105/wjma.v10.i1.12 |
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