Epidemiology, disease burden, and treatment strategies of chronic hepatitis C virus infections in Saudi Arabia in the new treatment paradigm shift

Epidemiology, disease burden, and treatment strategies of chronic hepatitis C virus infections in Saudi Arabia in the new treatment paradigm shift

Background/Aims: Around 101,000 individuals are estimated to be viremic for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2014; however, only about 20% have been diagnosed. We aim to assess baseline epidemiology, disease burden, and evaluate strategies to eliminate HCV in K...

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Main Authors: Abdulrahman A Aljumah, Faisal Abaalkhail, Hamad Al-Ashgar, Abdullah Assiri, Mohamed Babatin, Faleh Al Faleh, Abdullah Alghamdi, Raafat Al-Hakeem, Almoataz Hashim, Adel Alqutub, Homie Razavi, Faisal M Sanai, Khalid Al-Swat, Jonathan Schmelzer, Ibrahim Altraif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
DAA
disease burden
epidemiology
hepatitis C
hepatitis C virus
mortality
prevalence
Saudi Arabia
treatment
Online Access:http://www.saudijgastro.com/article.asp?issn=1319-3767;year=2016;volume=22;issue=4;spage=269;epage=281;aulast=Aljumah

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