Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo
Introduction: Infections with hepatitis C are on the rise. The statistics on the general population of Kosovo infected with hepatitis C is lacking. The study tends to detect sero-prevalence in the following risk groups: haemodialysis patients; patients of surgical units, internal medicine units, an...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2022-01-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Infection in Developing Countries |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15090 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849313518229127168 |
|---|---|
| author | Albiona Rashiti-Bytyci Naser Ramadani Premtim Rashiti |
| author_facet | Albiona Rashiti-Bytyci Naser Ramadani Premtim Rashiti |
| author_sort | Albiona Rashiti-Bytyci |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
Introduction: Infections with hepatitis C are on the rise. The statistics on the general population of Kosovo infected with hepatitis C is lacking. The study tends to detect sero-prevalence in the following risk groups: haemodialysis patients; patients of surgical units, internal medicine units, and mental health units; HIV-diagnosed patients, health professionals, and women in the prenatal period. A number of institutions, providers of medical care to these groups' patients, have been targeted.
Methodology: A total of 378 samples were collected from various institutions, with 347 of them being tested for anti-HCV and 31 being tested for RT-PCR assays.
Results: From the total of 387 samples, 72 samples (19.05%) resulted positive. The highest number was recorded in haemodialysis centres. In other groups, a low prevalence was recorded.
Conclusions: The study can conclude that high prevalence of HCV infection still remains a major health problem, especially in haemodialysis centres. In the future, it is planned to expand the study in the future to include other risk categories or the entire population.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-dc3bdb7c6e804cefa3ebf8db0a0e4b4b |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1972-2680 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2022-01-01 |
| publisher | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Infection in Developing Countries |
| spelling | doaj-art-dc3bdb7c6e804cefa3ebf8db0a0e4b4b2025-08-20T03:52:43ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802022-01-01160110.3855/jidc.15090Hepatitis C in several risk groups of KosovoAlbiona Rashiti-Bytyci0Naser Ramadani1Premtim Rashiti2Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Prishtina, KosovoDepartment of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Prishtina, KosovoUniversity of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Kosovo Introduction: Infections with hepatitis C are on the rise. The statistics on the general population of Kosovo infected with hepatitis C is lacking. The study tends to detect sero-prevalence in the following risk groups: haemodialysis patients; patients of surgical units, internal medicine units, and mental health units; HIV-diagnosed patients, health professionals, and women in the prenatal period. A number of institutions, providers of medical care to these groups' patients, have been targeted. Methodology: A total of 378 samples were collected from various institutions, with 347 of them being tested for anti-HCV and 31 being tested for RT-PCR assays. Results: From the total of 387 samples, 72 samples (19.05%) resulted positive. The highest number was recorded in haemodialysis centres. In other groups, a low prevalence was recorded. Conclusions: The study can conclude that high prevalence of HCV infection still remains a major health problem, especially in haemodialysis centres. In the future, it is planned to expand the study in the future to include other risk categories or the entire population. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15090hepatitis chaemodialysissurgeryinternal medicinemental healthHIV |
| spellingShingle | Albiona Rashiti-Bytyci Naser Ramadani Premtim Rashiti Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo Journal of Infection in Developing Countries hepatitis c haemodialysis surgery internal medicine mental health HIV |
| title | Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo |
| title_full | Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo |
| title_fullStr | Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo |
| title_short | Hepatitis C in several risk groups of Kosovo |
| title_sort | hepatitis c in several risk groups of kosovo |
| topic | hepatitis c haemodialysis surgery internal medicine mental health HIV |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15090 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT albionarashitibytyci hepatitiscinseveralriskgroupsofkosovo AT naserramadani hepatitiscinseveralriskgroupsofkosovo AT premtimrashiti hepatitiscinseveralriskgroupsofkosovo |