Fallahian Farahnaz, Najafi Atabak
Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2011 Jan;22(1):1-9.
The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is not well defined in the Middle East region. A review of the epidemiology and modes of transmission and spread of HCV infection in regions located in the Middle East, including Iran, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Sudan, Egypt, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Gaza Strip and West Bank, and Yemen, was undertaken. Public health strategies, well-programmed, population-based and certain HCV infection at-risk surveys, and transmission risk factors' settings detection are insufficient in some countries of this region. Since significant differences in prevalence and epidemiology of HCV exist among the Middle East countries or even inside the countries, control strategies should take these differences into account.
丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）感染的流行病学在中东地区尚未得到明确界定。对中东地区包括伊朗、巴林、伊拉克、阿曼、卡塔尔、约旦、科威特、沙特阿拉伯、阿拉伯联合酋长国、塞浦路斯、苏丹、埃及、巴基斯坦、叙利亚、土耳其、黎巴嫩、加沙地带和西岸以及也门在内的HCV感染的流行病学、传播方式和扩散情况进行了综述。该地区一些国家的公共卫生策略、规划良好的基于人群的特定HCV感染风险调查以及传播风险因素的检测设置不足。由于中东国家之间甚至国家内部HCV的流行率和流行病学存在显著差异，控制策略应考虑到这些差异。
