Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Shahad I. Faraj, Alaa Mohammed Aldehry, Amna F. Ammar, Sultan Mohammed Badri, Majid Talat Tounsi, Abdallah Mohamed Cheick, Shatha Abdulrauf Yousef, Amjad Turki Fakieh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Drug medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cross-sectional study Addiction media_common.quotation_subject Hepatitis C virus Public health Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Virology 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Drugs addiction Immunodeficiency media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine. 67:514-517 |
| ISSN: | 2090-7125 1687-2002 |
| DOI: | 10.12816/0036670 |
| Popis: | Background: Despite extensive research on HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), there remains a gap in knowledge on the burden. Objectives: to assess the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among positive human immunodeficiency virus patients and to study the relationships between these infections and intravenous drug addiction. Methodology: a cross sectional study has been conducted among total of 325 positive immunodeficiency patients (HIV) diagnosed to have HCV infection in the gastroenterology clinic at King Abdul-Aziz hospital and oncology center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between January 2015 and January 2016. Conclusion: The high prevalence of these major virulent infections among drug addiction is a sign of a major public health problem. Other than complicating addiction illnesses of patients, they could play major roles in spreading these infections to other intravenous drug addictors. |
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