Prevalence of viral hepatitis type C in blood donors in Peru 2016 - 2017

• Autores: Bellido, Alvaro, Argumanis, Enrique, Segura, Patricia, Tagle, Martin
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
• Repositorio: Revista de Gastroenterología del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistagastroperu.com:article/1246
• Enlace del recurso: http://www.revistagastroperu.com/index.php/rgp/article/view/1246
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Epidemiology; Prevalencia; Epidemiología

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 isease and drastically reduce the infection rate according to the WHO target for 2030.