Systematic overview of hepatitis C infection in the Middle East and North Africa

Table 1 Hepatitis C antibody prevalence evidence gap mapping with quality assessment, North Africa and Pakistan

	Algeria	Djibouti	Egypt	Libya	Morocco	Sudan	Tunisia	Pakistan
Blood donors	0.2% (1992-1993)1	0.3% (1998-2000)1	1.7%-16.8% (2006-2009)1	0.9%-6.6% (1992-2001)1	0.2%-0.8% (2005-2011)1	0.0%-1.3% (2005-2007)1	0.1%-0.9% (2000-2010)1	0.2%-8.6% (2000-2006)1
Pregnant women	0.6% (2008)1	No data	8.6%-12.7% (-)3	0.4%-2.3% (-)3	1.0% (-)2	0.6% (2006)1	0.2% (2006)1	5.3% (2001-2006)1
Children	No data	No data	2.1%-5.8% (2002-2005)1	No data	No data	No data	No data	1.7% (-)2
Hemodialysis, renal dialysis, and/or dialysis patients	39.0% (-)3	No data	46.1%-100% (2002-2009)1	32.3% (2009-2010)1	54.1%-68.3% (2003-2004)1	8.5%-23.7% (2005-2010)1	14.6%-32.6% (2000-2002)1	38.8% (2003-2005)1
Hemophiliac or other bleeding disorder patients	30.0% (2010-2011)2	No data	No data	No data	2.3%-42.4% (1981-2006)1	13.0% (2008)2	55.7% (-)2	25.0%-56.0% (2000-2002)1
Transfused patients	No data	No data	11.1%-81.6% (2000-2008)1	10.8% (1999-2001)1	No data	No data	4.7% (2008-2009)1	13.2%-15.4% (2002)1
Thalassemic patients	No data	No data	19.5%-69.6% (2000-2010)1	No data	68.3%-76.0% (-)3	No data	6.1% (-)2	36.2-56.8% (1999-2003)1
Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	No data	No data	85.9% (1997-2004)1	No data	57.3% (2003-2006)2	11.0% (1996-1998)1	19.0%-63.5% (1982-< 1995)2	53.7% (-)2
Patients with acute liver disease	No data	No data	No data	No data	0.0% (1999)1	6.3% (2007)2	8.0%-48.0% (< 1995)3	No data
Patients with chronic liver disease	No data	No data	No data	No data	73.7% (1983-1986)2	No data	80.5% (2005-2008)2	0.0%-86.6% (2000-2005)1
Healthcare workers	No data	No data	No data	2.0%-6.8% (1992-2001)1	No data	0.0% (2005-2007)1	1.0% (2005)1	5.6%-6.0% (2001-2002)1
Barbers	No data	No data	12.3% (-)3	No data	1.1%-5.0% (2001-2007)1	No data	No data	No data
Contact of patients with hepatitis C	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	4.3%-38.0% (2000-2004)1
People who inject drugs	No data	No data	63.0% (-)2	94.2% (2010)1	22.9%-79.2% (2010-2012)1	No data	21.7%-29.1% (2009-2012)1	57.0% (-)2
Prisoners	No data	No data	No data	23.7% (2006)1	No data	No data	No data	No data
Patients with HIV and/or other sexually transmitted infection	No data	No data	No data	44.9%-54.1% (2003)1	5.4% (2006-2010)1	1.7% (2010-2012)1	35.5% (1997-2006)1	No data
Sex workers	No data	No data	No data	5.2%-7.3% (2010-2011)1	No data	0.0%-5.1% (2011-2012)1	1.1% (2007)1	No data
Men who have sex with men	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data	0.0%-5.9% (2011-2012)1	No data	No data

Prevalence, year of data collection.

¹Good quality;

²Average quality;

³Poor quality.