Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aldehry, A., Cheick, A., Badri, S., Faraj, S., Yousef, S., Ammar, A., Fakieh, A., Tounsi, M. (2018). Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 67(1), 514-517.
Alaa Mohammed Aldehry; Abdallah Mohamed Cheick; Sultan Mohammed Badri; Shahad I. Faraj; Shatha Abdulrauf Yousef; Amna F. Ammar; Amjad Turki Fakieh; Majid Talat Tounsi. "Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 67, 1, 2018, 514-517.
Aldehry, A., Cheick, A., Badri, S., Faraj, S., Yousef, S., Ammar, A., Fakieh, A., Tounsi, M. (2018). 'Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 67(1), pp. 514-517.
Aldehry, A., Cheick, A., Badri, S., Faraj, S., Yousef, S., Ammar, A., Fakieh, A., Tounsi, M. Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 67(1): 514-517.

Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus among Patients with Human Immunodeficiency and Its Association with Intra-Venous Drugs Addiction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 31, Volume 67, Issue 1, April 2017, Pages 514-517    PDF (341.58 K)
Document Type: Original Article
Authors
Alaa Mohammed Aldehry* 1; Abdallah Mohamed Cheick2; Sultan Mohammed Badri1; Shahad I. Faraj1; Shatha Abdulrauf Yousef1; Amna F. Ammar1; Amjad Turki Fakieh3; Majid Talat Tounsi4
1Ibn Sina National College
2King Abdulaziz University
3King Khaled University
4Al Kaakya Primary Healthcare Center
Abstract
Background: Despite extensive research on HIV and hepatitis C (HCV), there remains a gap in knowledge on the burden.
Objectives: to assess the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among positive human immunodeficiency virus patients and to study the relationships between these infections and intravenous drug addiction.
Methodology: a cross sectional study has been conducted among total of 325 positive immunodeficiency patients (HIV) diagnosed to have HCV infection in the gastroenterology clinic at King Abdul-Aziz hospital and oncology center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between January 2015 and January 2016.
Conclusion: The high prevalence of these major virulent infections among drug addiction is a sign of a major public health problem. Other than complicating addiction illnesses of patients, they could play major roles in spreading these infections to other intravenous drug addictors.
 
Keywords
Hepatitis C virus; human immunodeficiency virus; Intra-venous Drugs addiction
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