Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in select countries

Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in select countries - volume 3

Published:2015-10-29 Issue: Volume:22 Page:4-20
ISSN:1352-0504
Container-title:Journal of Viral Hepatitis
language:en
Short-container-title:J Viral Hepat

Author:

Liakina V.¹²,Hamid S.³,Tanaka J.⁴,Olafsson S.⁵,Sharara A. I.⁶,Alavian S. M.⁷⁸,Gheorghe L.⁹,El Hassan E. S.¹⁰,Abaalkhail F.¹¹,Abbas Z.¹²,Abdou A.¹⁰,Abourached A.¹³,Al Braiki F.¹⁴,Al Hosani F.¹⁵,Al Jaberi K.¹⁶,Al Khatry M.¹⁷,Al Mulla M. A.¹⁵,Al Quraishi H.¹⁸,Al Rifai A.¹⁹,Al Serkal Y.²⁰,Alam A.²¹,Alashgar H. I.²²,Alawadhi S.¹⁰,Al-Dabal L.²³,Aldins P.²⁴,Alfaleh F. Z.²⁵,Alghamdi A. S.²⁶,Al-Hakeem R.²⁷,Aljumah A. A.²⁸,Almessabi A.¹⁴,Alqutub A. N.²⁶,Alswat K. A.²⁹,Altraif I.²⁸,Alzaabi M.³⁰,Andrea N.³¹,Assiri A. M.²⁷,Babatin M. A.²⁶,Baqir A.³²,Barakat M. T.³³,Bergmann O. M.⁵,Bizri A. R.³⁴,Blach S.³⁵,Chaudhry A.³⁶,Choi M. S.³⁷,Diab T.³⁸,Djauzi S.³⁹,El Khoury S.⁴⁰,Estes C.³⁵,Fakhry S.⁴¹,Farooqi J. I.⁴²⁴³,Fridjonsdottir H.⁴⁴,Gani R. A.³⁹,Ghafoor Khan A.⁴⁵,Goldis A.⁴⁶,Gottfredsson M.⁴⁷,Gregorcic S.⁴⁸,Hajarizadeh B.⁴⁹⁵⁰,Han K. H.⁵¹,Hasan I.³⁹,Hashim A.⁵²,Horvath G.⁵³,Hunyady B.⁵⁴⁵⁵,Husni R.⁵⁶,Jafri W.⁵⁷,Jeruma A.⁵⁸⁵⁹,Jonasson J.G.⁴⁴⁶⁰⁶¹,Karlsdottir B.⁶²,Kim D. Y.⁵¹,Kim Y. S.⁶³,Koutoubi Z.⁶⁴,Lesmana L. A.³⁹⁶⁵,Lim Y. S.⁶⁶,Löve A.⁴⁷⁶⁷,Maimets M.⁶⁸,Makara M.⁶⁹,Malekzadeh R.⁷⁰,Matičič M.⁴⁸,Memon M. S.⁷¹,Merat S.⁷⁰,Mokhbat J. E.⁷²,Mourad F. H.⁶,Muljono D. H.⁷³⁷⁴,Nawaz A.⁷⁵,Nugrahini N.⁷⁶,Priohutomo S.⁷⁷,Qureshi H.⁷⁸,Rassam P.⁴⁰,Razavi H.³⁵,Razavi-Shearer D.³⁵,Razavi-Shearer K.³⁵,Rozentale B.⁵⁸⁵⁹,Sadik M.⁷¹,Saeed K.⁷⁹,Salamat A.⁸⁰,Salupere R.⁶⁸,Sanai F. M.²⁵,Sanityoso Sulaiman A.³⁹,Sayegh R. A.⁸¹,Schmelzer J. D.³⁵,Sibley A.³⁵,Siddiq M.⁸²⁸³,Siddiqui A. M.⁸⁴,Sigmundsdottir G.⁸⁵,Sigurdardottir B.⁶²,Speiciene D.¹,Sulaiman A.³⁹⁸⁶,Sultan M. A.⁸⁷,Taha M.⁸⁸,Tarifi H.⁸⁹,Tayyab G.⁹⁰⁹¹,Tolmane I.⁵⁸⁵⁹,Ud din M.⁹²,Umar M.⁹³⁹⁴,Valantinas J.¹,Videčnik-Zorman J.⁴⁸,Yaghi C.⁸¹,Yunihastuti E.⁹⁵,Yusuf M. A.⁹⁶,Zuberi B. F.⁹⁷,Gunter J.³⁵

Affiliation:

1. Centre of Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Dietetics; Faculty of Medicine; Vilnius University; Vilnius Lithuania

2. Department of Biomechanics; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University; Vilnius Lithuania

3. The Aga Khan University; Karachi Pakistan

4. Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Control and Prevention; Hiroshima University Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences; Hiroshima Japan

5. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

6. Division of Gastroenterology; American University of Beirut Medical Center; Beirut Lebanon

7. Baqiatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases; Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran

8. Middle East Liver Diseases Centre; Tehran Iran

9. Center of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Fundeni Clinical Institute; Bucharest Romania

10. Rashid Hospital; Dubai Health Authority; Dubai UAE

11. Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center; Alfaisal University; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

12. Ziauddin University; Karachi Pakistan

13. National Hepatitis Program; Ministry of Public Health; Beirut Lebanon

14. Abu Dhabi Health Services Company; Abu Dhabi UAE

15. Communicable Diseases Department; Health Authority Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi UAE

16. Health Regulation Division; Health Authority Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi UAE

17. Ras Al Khaimah Hospital; Ras Al Khaimah UAE

18. Dubai Health Authority; Dubai UAE

19. Mafraq Hospital; Abu Dhabi UAE

20. Hospitals Sector; Ministry of Health; Al-Ain UAE

21. Shaikh Zayed Hospital; Lahore Pakistan

22. Department of Medicine; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

23. Department of Pulmonary Medicine; Rashid Hospital; Dubai Health Authority; Dubai UAE

24. Infection Control Department; Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital; Riga Latvia

25. Liver Disease Research Center; King Saud University; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

26. Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit; Medical Specialties Department; King Fahad Hospital; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

27. Department of Preventive Medicine; Ministry of Health; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

28. King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

29. Department of Medicine; King Saud University Liver Disease Research Center; College of Medicine; King Saud University; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

30. Zayed Military Hospital; Abu Dhabi UAE

31. Daman National Health Insurance Company; Abu Dhabi UAE

32. Seyal Medical Centre; Multan Pakistan

33. Health Authority Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi UAE

34. Faculty of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases; American University of Beirut Medical Center; Beirut Lebanon

35. Center for Disease Analysis (CDA); Louisville CO USA

36. Gujranwala Liver Foundation; Siddiq Sadiq Hospital; Gujranwala Pakistan

37. Department of Medicine; Samsung Medical Center; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Seoul Korea

38. Al Ain Hospital; Al Ain UAE

39. Division of Hepatobiliary; Department of Internal Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; University of Indonesia; Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital; Jakarta Indonesia

40. Gastroenterology Department; Saint George Hospital; University of Balamand; Balamand Lebanon

41. Abu Dhabi Police; Abu Dhabi UAE

42. Postgraduate Medical Institute; Khyber Medical University; Peshawar Pakistan

43. Government Lady Reading Hospital; Peshawar Pakistan

44. Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

45. Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Lady Reading Hospital; Peshawar Pakistan

46. Clinic of Gastroenterology; University of Medicine ‘Victor Babes’; Timisoara Romania

47. Faculty of Medicine; School of Health Sciences; Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

48. Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Febrile Illnesses; University Medical Centre; Ljubljana Slovenia

49. The Kirby Institute; University of New South Wales Australia; Sydney NSW Australia

50. The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society; La Trobe University; Melbourne VIC Australia

51. Department of Internal Medicine; Yonsei University College of Medicine; Seoul Korea

52. Liver Transplantation; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre; Riyadh Saudi Arabia

53. Hepatology Center of Buda; Budapest Hungary

54. Department of Gastroenterology; Somogy County Kaposi Mor Teaching Hospital; Kaposvar Hungary

55. First Department of Medicine; University of Pecs; Pecs Hungary

56. Lebanese American University Medical Center; Rizk Hospital; Beirut Lebanon

57. Aga Khan University; Karachi Pakistan

58. Department of Hepatology; Infectology Center of Latvia; Riga Latvia

59. Department of Infectology and Dermatology; Riga Stradins University; Riga Latvia

60. Icelandic Cancer Registry; Reykjavik Iceland

61. The Faculty of Medicine; Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

62. Division of Infectious Disease; Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

63. Department of Internal Medicine; Soon Chun Hyang University Bucheon Hospital; Bucheon Korea

64. Digestive Disease Institute; Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi UAE

65. Digestive Disease and GI Oncology Center; Medistra Hospital; Jakarta Indonesia

66. Department of Gastroenterology; Asan Medical Center; University of Ulsan College of Medicine; Seoul Korea

67. Department of Virology; Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

68. University of Tartu; Tartu University Hospital; Tartu Estonia

69. Central Outpatient Clinic; Saint Laszlo Hospital; Budapest Hungary

70. Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center; Digestive Diseases Research Institute; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran

71. Asian Institute of Medical Science (AIMS); Hyderabad Pakistan

72. Division of Infectious Diseases and Division of Clinical Microbiology; Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital; Beirut Lebanon

73. Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology; Jakarta Indonesia

74. Department of Hepatitis & Emerging Infectious Diseases; University of Sydney; Sydney NSW Australia

75. Department of Gastroenterology; Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry; Lahore Pakistan

76. Sub-Directorate for Gastrointestinal Infection, Diarrheal Diseases, and Hepatitis; Directorate of Direct Transmitted Disease Control; Disease Control & Environmental Health; Ministry of Health; Jakarta Indonesia

77. Directorate of Direct Transmitted Disease Control; Disease Control & Environmental Health; Ministry of Health; Jakarta Indonesia

78. Pakistan Medical Research Council; Islamabad Pakistan

79. Khawar Clinic; Sahiwal Pakistan

80. Department of Gastroenterology; Military Hospital; Rawalpindi Pakistan

81. Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology; School of Medical Science; Saint Joseph University; Beirut Lebanon

82. Jinnah Memorial Hospital; Rawalpindi Pakistan

83. Yusra Medical College; Rawalpindi Pakistan

84. Allama Iqbal Medical College; Lahore Pakistan

85. Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control; Directorate of Health in Iceland; Reykjavik Iceland

86. Klinik Hati Prof. Ali Sulaiman; Jakarta Indonesia

87. Health Funding Department; Enaya Insurance Company; Abu Dhabi UAE

88. Department of Medicine; Tawam Hospital; Al Ain UAE