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ReviewJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2017

Prevalence of hepatitis C infection in Iranian hemodialysis patients: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nahid Ramezan Ghorbani, Shirin Djalalinia, Mitra Modirian, Zahra Esmaeili Abdar, Morteza Mansourian, Armita Mahdavi Gorabi, Hamid Asayesh, Hossein Ansari, Mehrdad Kazemzadeh Atoofi, Ramin Tajbakhsh and 3 more

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Nahid Ramezan GhorbaniDepartment of Development and Coordination Scientific Information and Publications, Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Shirin DjalaliniaNon-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mitra ModirianNon-communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra Esmaeili AbdarNon-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Morteza MansourianHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Armita Mahdavi GorabiDepartment of Basic and Clinical Research, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid AsayeshDepartment of Medical Emergencies, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Hossein AnsariDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehrdad Kazemzadeh AtoofiSpiritual Health Research Center, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Tehran Psychiatric Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ramin TajbakhshNon-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi NorooziSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saeid SafiriManagerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa QorbaniNon-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease and a potential cause of substantial morbidity and mortality. This study aims to provide a comprehensive evidence on HCV Infection in Iranian hemodialysis (HD) patients we conducted a systematic review. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this systematic review and meta-analysis, through a comprehensive search of literature until January of 2016, we estimated the pooled prevalence of hepatitis C infection in Iranian HD patients. Using Medical Subject Headings terms, Emtree, and related equal Persian key words for Iranian databases and also international databases of PubMed and NLM Gateway (for MEDLINE), and SCOPUS. Interest outcome of HCV infection prevalence was confirmed based on positive hepatitis B surface antigen of blood samples. Random effect meta-analysis was used to estimate pooled prevalence of HCV infection in Iranian HD patients, date and language, HD patients, in adult HD patients, Institute of Scientific Information, Iran-doc, irrespective of age, living in Iran. Searches run through main domestic databanks of Iran-Medex, renal transplantation, Scientific Information Database, the relevant literature-searched concentrating on HCV infection.

resultsThrough searching steps, 305 publications were found from them following the excluding duplicates and overlapping studies 54 studies relevant to HCV prevalence in Iranian HD zcxw patients, with number of 23921 participants, remained in our analyses. The overall results of test of heterogeneity demonstrate sever heterogeneity between reported prevalence (

conclusionPresent paper is the comprehensive updated systematic review on HCV prevalence in the Iranian HD patients. Our findings provide the reliable evidence for promotion of policies and interventional programs.

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Hemodialysishepatitis C virusIransystematic review

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