Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus prevalence among dialysis patients in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: a survey by serologic and molecular methods.
Hepatitis 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.
Qadi
Abeer A
AA
College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Tamim
Hala
H
Ameen
Ghada
G
Bu-Ali
Abdulrahman
A
Al-Arrayed
Sameer
S
Fawaz
Naglaa A
NA
Almawi
Wassim Y
WY
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001445:Bahrain / Q000453:epidemiology; D001782:Blood Donors; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D019562:Viral Load