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  • Research Article   
  • Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 2016, Vol 6(2): 235
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000235

Regional and Temporal Variations in the Prevalence of HCV among Hemodialysis Patients in Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Shoukri, Mohamed Al Sebayel, Faisal Abaalkhail, Hany Elbeshbeshy, Mohamed Abdelfatah, Waleed Al-Hamoudi, Ahmed Elgohary, Abdelrahman Housawi, Futwan Al-Mohanna and Hussien Elsiesy*
1Department of Cell Biology, , KFSHRC, Saudi Arabia
2Organ Transplant Center, , KFSHRC, Saudi Arabia
3Al-Faisal University College of Medicine, , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4Department of Gastroenterology, , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author : Hussien Elsiesy, Al-Faisal University College of Medicine, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11211, Saudi Arabia, Tel: 966504436664, Email: helsiesy@gmail.com

Received Date: Mar 03, 2016 / Accepted Date: Mar 29, 2016 / Published Date: Apr 06, 2016

Abstract

Hepatitis C infection among Hemodialysis (HD) patients is a recognized global problem. The incidence and prevalence of HCV in dialysis patients vary widely among geographical regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). However, the HCV incidence has marked decline in all regions within KSA. But it is noted that the risk of occasional nosocomial transmission remains. We intend to apply the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) models to develop a scientific strategy to estimate the future burden of HCV in dialysis units. These predictions may provide baseline information for disease management intervention and cost control. The model based predictions show that the decline in the HCV incidence which started in 2004 is projected to potentially reach zero by the year 2014.

Keywords: Hepatitis C infection; Regional variations; Seemingly unrelated regression; Prediction analysis; Models goodness of fit

Citation: Shoukri M, Sebayel MA, Abaalkhail F, Elbeshbeshy H, Abdelfatah M, et al (2016) Regional and Temporal Variations in the Prevalence of HCV among Hemodialysis Patients in Saudi Arabia. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 6:235. Doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000235

Copyright: © 2016 Shoukri M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Review summary

  1. Randolf Fenn
    Posted on Oct 03 2016 at 5:15 pm
    I think this is a really interesting paper. The article provides useful information regarding the role of Hepatitis C infection in haemodialysis of patients in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The article is a significant contribution to the extant literature on the topic.
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