ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2017
Prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis infections in Karaj, Iran.
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of hepatitis B infection in the Gambian population: A narrative review of recent developments.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Review
- Epidemiologic profile of viral hepatitis B and C in North of Iran: results from PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study (PGCS).BMC research notes · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionViral hepatitis is challenging for health and blood safety. Studies carried out on blood donors can help find the frequency and trending of hepatitis B and C infections in a community and also safety of donation. The study aim is to determine the prevalence of HBV and HCV in Karaj blood donors over a four year period between 2010 to 2013.
methodsThis study reports the results of a cross sectional seroepidemiological study of hepatitis B and C in blood donors. Data on hepatitis infection and demographic characteristics of donors were gathered from blood donor registries. Frequency of hepatitis infections were described with 95% confidence interval. Chi square and logistic regression were used for analysis.
resultsThe frequency of HBV and HCV infection in Karaj blood donors was 0.40% and 0.18% respectively. In first time donors, HBV and HCV positivity risk was respectively 3.59 and 4.8 fold in people with primary education (OR=3.59; 95% CI between 2.68-4.80) comparing to academic level. Frequency of hepatitis B has decreased significantly (P<0.001) during study period but frequency of Hepatitis C has not changed significantly.
conclusionThe frequencies of HBV and HCV infection in Karaj blood donor population is low. There are equal infection rates within both genders. This must be considered in controlling transmission of infection in this area.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.