(2017) Prevalence of hepatitis E infection in the general population of Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Future Virology. pp. 227-236. ISSN 1746-0794
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Abstract
Aim: Hepatitis E is a form of acute viral hepatitis, which is caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV). The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of HEV to provide an overall relative frequency in Iran. Methods: In this study, databases such as PubMed and Scopus were searched using the following keywords according to MeSH, "Hepatitis E virus", "Epidemiology", "Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)" and "Iran". Then studies which had reported prevalence of HEV were selected. Results: We selected 36 researches out of 9246 for our study. From all the samples, the pooled estimated prevalence of HEV positive was 9.7. It should be noted that HEV infection's relative frequency varied from 1.1 in Tehran to 46.1 in Ahvaz. Conclusion: HEV is common in Iran, although comparing to some neighboring countries, its prevalence is lower.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | elisa epidemiology hepatitis e virus iran e virus-infection blood-donors hev antibodies seroprevalence seroepidemiology disease outbreak turkey india |
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| Page Range: | pp. 227-236 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Future Virology |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Identification Number: | 10.2217/fvl-2016-0112 |
| ISSN: | 1746-0794 |
| Depositing User: | مهندس مهدی شریفی |
| URI: | http://eprints.zbmu.ac.ir/id/eprint/2418 |
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