Prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV in Inpatients of a Mental Health Hospital in Turkey, 2011-2013.
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infecti-ons are considered major health problems world-wide. Approximately 2 billion people have been infected with HBV (1). About 130-170 million people are infected with HCV, which causes over 350.000 deaths per year (2). The estimated number of persons living with HIV in the world was approximately 35.3 million at the end of 2012 (3). Countries in Southern and Eastern Europe, South and Central America, Central Asia and the Middle East have medium endemicity profiles for hepatitis B, and Turkey is classified as a country of intermediate endemicity (4). The mean frequency of HCV infection in the world is about 3%. The rate of anti-HCV in developed countries ranges
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Author: Nuran Karabulut
Institution: Elazığ Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hastanesi
Language: English
Topic: Hepatitis B Virus Studies
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1919327632