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Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú
versão impressa ISSN 1022-5129
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CUADRA-SANCHEZ, César et al. Seroprevalencia del Virus de Hepatitis C (VHC) en pacientes del Laboratorio Regional de Referencia Virológica (Maracaibo, Venezuela). Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2005, vol.25, n.3, pp.248-253. ISSN 1022-5129.
PURPOSE: Collect and analyze information regarding seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in a population of 722 patients that visited the Regional Viral Reference Laboratory (Maracaibo, Venezuela) during the years 2000-2003. MATERIAL AND METHODS: An immunoenzymatic test INNOTEST HCV Ab IV of Innogenetics was used to evaluate the presence of IgG type antibodies against the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the serum of the patients studied. Results obtained with respect to seroprevalence and other epidemiological variables, were organized and analyzed using SPSS ® 10.0 (Chicago, USA) and Origin Pro ® 7.5 (Northampton, USA) software. RESULTS: A seroprevalence of 2.63% (19/722) was found, higher than that reported in Venezuela for the general population (0.9%) and other groups. The infection was more frequent in men than in women. The most common symptoms in the infected patients were jaundice and cephalagia (31.58%). CONCLUSION: The data reported shall update previous research in the zone and indicates the need to develop epidemiological control for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the State of Zulia.
Palavras-chave : Hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology; Venezuela; Seroprevalence.