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. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 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
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.
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