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Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú
versión impresa ISSN 1022-5129
Resumen
BELLIDO, Alvaro; ARGUMANIS, Enrique; SEGURA, Patricia y TAGLE, Martin. Prevalence of viral hepatitis type C in blood donors in Peru 2016 - 2017. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.3, pp.164-168. ISSN 1022-5129. http://dx.doi.org/10.47892/rgp.2021.413.1246.
Objectives:
Knowing the current prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection has taken great importance nowdays due to the new advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in which the new direct-acting antivirals have demonstrated a high rate of sustained viral response.
Materials and methods:
This is a descriptive study based on the detection of anti VHC in the blood banks of “Ministerio de Salud del Perú” according to the information obtained from “Programa Nacional de Hemoterapia y Bancos de Sangre” (PRONAHEBAS).
Results:
In our study, the prevalence of anti-hepatitis C antibodies in blood donors nationwide was 0.428% in 2016 and 0.301% in 2017.
Conclusion:
To know updated data about the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in our population. It is the first step to be able to treat the disease and drastically reduce the infection rate according to the WHO target for 2030.
Palabras clave : Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Epidemiology.
