Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among Male Drug Injectors in Kermanshah, Iran

Sharhani, Asaad; Mehrabi, Yadollah; Noroozi, Alireza; Nasirian, Maryam; Higgs, Peter; Hajebi, Ahmad; Hamzeh, Behrooz; Khademi, Nahid; Noroozi, Mehdi; Shakiba, Ebrahim; Etemad, Koorosh

doi:10.5812/hepatmon.58739

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“…Regarding sociodemographic factors, age, and education level was significant risk factors for HCV infection that is similar to the results of Iranian study[ 17 ] that reported association between age and HCV infection. Education provides information about the diseases, mode of transmission and how to prevent it.…”

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confidence: 88%

Unsafe practices associated with hcv infection among adults: A case control study

2021

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confidence: 88%

Unsafe practices associated with hcv infection among adults: A case control study

2021

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“…Reducing disease prevalence in any country requires not only enhanced rates of diagnosis and treatment but also strategies to prevent new infections. Regarding sociodemographic factors, age, residence, education level, and marital status were significant risk factors for HCV infection that is similar to the results of different studies [14][15][16]. On the other hand, a study [17] in Egypt showed no association between age and HCV infection.…”

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Risk factors associated with HCV infection among adults in Damietta Governorate, Egypt

2020

Ann Clin Anal Med

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Aim: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and mortality worldwide. Egypt has the highest burden of Hepatitis C in the world. HCV prevalence is directly related to the prevalence of persons who routinely share injection equipment and to the prevalence of unsafe parenteral practices in healthcare settings. The study aimed to identify risk factors associated with HCV infection among adults. Material and Methods: This case control study nested from a household survey that was conducted to screen for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus was conducted in Damietta Governorate, Egypt. One hundred-fifty cases and controls were randomly selected from those showed positive HCV (278) and 300 controls were randomly selected from those showed negative HCV (2699). Results: Participants were aged between 20 and 67 years (mean 42.0 +10.6 years). The study revealed a significant difference between case and control group regarding age, residence, education level and marital status (P = 0.001). Case-patients were more likely than controls to have exposure to dental procedure, previous stitches, surgical operation schistosomiasis injection treatment, blood transfusion and intravenous(IV) fluid intake were significantly associated with HCV infection (P < 0.05). Also, unsafe community practices (cupping, acupuncture, shared shaving razor, traditional cauterization, needle or sharp stick and tattooing) were significantly different between HCV-infected patients and controls (P < 0.01). In multivariable analysis, marital status and rural residence and history of stitches, intravenous fluid, dental procedure, renal dialysis, sharing shaving razor, acupuncture, needle or sharp stick and cupping were associated with higher odds of having HCV. Discussion: The results of this study showed that exposure to unsafe medical procedures and social practices were risk factors for HCV infection. Promotion of infection control programs in healthcare settings and health education campaigns to increase the awareness and empowerment of the community are strongly recommended.

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“…Needle pricking ratio was very high in local setup. Previous studies conducted in Iran analyzed strong association of HCV seropositive with injections, tattooing, sharing equipment and history of imprison (Mir-Nasseri et al, 2011;Nokhodian et al, 2012;Sharhani et al, 2017). Previous studies on needle pricking, recapping needle pricking syringes were responsible for 2 to 10% transmission of hepatitis C in health care worker (Hamid et al, 1999;Mujeeb et al, 1998;Aziz et al, 2002) another study in Mirpur Khas, Hyderabad and Sukkur the incident of hepatitis C virus among the population sharing reused of injection equipment were reported 68%, 8.5% and 33.6% respectively (Altaf et al, 2009;Janjua et al, 2005).…”

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Episode of Hepatitis C viral infection in the people of Swat, Pakistan

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Infectious agents cause serious diseases in humans worldwide and are responsible for the high rate of morbidity and mortality. The prevalence and epidemiology of infectious disease (HCV) in the hospital visited patients referred by the physicians through the initial findings and their associated risk factors were studied in Swat. The data of 174 infected patients were collected during the period of 2015 to 2017 from two clinical laboratories of Tehsil Matta Swat. Inform consent form was taken before blood collection. After taking informed consent blood samples were collected and ICT test was performed and then ICT positive cases were conform through PCR. A total of 174 ICT positive samples [106 male and 68 females] were included in this study. Age was considered from 10 to 72 years. Of the 174 ICT strip positive, 99 [63 males, 36 females] were confirmed through PCR. The prevalence rate was recorded 56.89%. I.V/I.M injection was recorded in 100% of the individuals. Visits to the barber shop was reported in (58%) of the individuals, married individuals were (81.0), surgical operation was reported in (44.8%), sharing toothbrush was observed in (29.9%), piercing was reported in (39.7%), family history was reported in (26.4%), dental treatment was observed in (21.8%), jaundice were (13.2%) and tattooing was (1.7%). Blood transfusion, surgical operations, Jaundice, family history and dental treatment were found significant risk factors for acquiring HCV infection. It was concluded that proper implementation of precautionary measures should be needed to control the spread of HCV in far near future.

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Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among Male Drug Injectors in Kermanshah, Iran

Cited by 13 publications

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Unsafe practices associated with hcv infection among adults: A case control study

Unsafe practices associated with hcv infection among adults: A case control study

Risk factors associated with HCV infection among adults in Damietta Governorate, Egypt

Episode of Hepatitis C viral infection in the people of Swat, Pakistan

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