Loading...
Search for:
immunoadsorption
0.006 seconds
Prevalence of hepatitis e infection in the general population of Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
, Article Future Virology ; Volume 12, Issue 4 , 2017 , Pages 227-236 ; 17460794 (ISSN) ; Sedighi, M ; Mostafaei, S ; Miri, A ; Amiri, H ; Abiri, R ; Babaei, F ; Kabir, K ; Moghoofei, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
Aim: Hepatitis E is a form of acute viral hepatitis, which is caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV). The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of HEV to provide an overall relative frequency in Iran. Methods: In this study, databases such as PubMed and Scopus were searched using the following keywords according to MeSH, "Hepatitis E virus", "Epidemiology", "Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)" and "Iran". Then studies which had reported prevalence of HEV were selected. Results: We selected 36 researches out of 9246 for our study. From all the samples, the pooled estimated prevalence of HEV positive was 9.7%. It should be noted that HEV infection's relative frequency varied from...