Table 1 Studies reporting hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among the general population in Central Asia (CA).

From: The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Central Asia: Systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regression analyses

Author, year (citation)

Year(s) of data collection

Country of survey

Study site

Study design

Study sampling

Population

Sample size

HCV prevalence (%)a

Skorikova, 201578

2012

Kazakhstan

Blood transfusion center

CS

Conv

Blood donors

28,248

0.90

Nurgalieva, 200745

NS

Kazakhstan

Community

CS

Conv

General population

150

2.0

El-Bassel, 201179

2008

Kazakhstan

Community

CS

SRS

General population (female)

213

3.0

El-Bassel, 201179

2008

Kazakhstan

Community

CS

SRS

General population (male)

209

0.0

Dzhumagalieva, 201580

NS

Kazakhstan

Community

NS

NS

Pregnant women

300ǂ

5.1

Khasenova, 200781

2006

Kazakhstan

National

CS

Conv

Pregnant women

6,405

1.0

Blood-center, 201582

2015

Kazakhstan

Blood bank

CS

Conv

Blood donors

285,484

0.86

Tashtemirov, 201683

2016

Kazakhstan

Blood bank

CS

Conv

Blood donors

59,323

0.85

Mamaev, 200684

2005

Kyrgyzstan

Community

CS

Conv

Pregnant women

898

1.6

Djumagulova, 201685

2011

Kyrgyzstan

Community

CS

Conv

Blood donors

37,771

2.6

Djumagulova, 201685

2012

Kyrgyzstan

Community

CS

Conv

Blood donors

36,463

2.5

Djumagulova, 201685

2013

Kyrgyzstan

Community

CS

Conv

Blood donors

37,463

2.5

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

Community

CS

Conv

Blood donors

41,156

1.8

Djumagulova, 201685

2015

Kyrgyzstan

Community

CS

Conv

Blood donors

42,038

1.9

Djumagulova, 201685

2004

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

2.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2005

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

1.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2006

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

5.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2007

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

5.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2008

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

2.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2009

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

2.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2010

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

5.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2011

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

0.80

Djumagulova, 201685

2012

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

4.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2013

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

2.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

General population

300ǂ

5.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2013

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Pregnant women

300ǂ

1.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Pregnant women

300ǂ

1.4

Djumagulova, 201685

2015

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Pregnant women

300ǂ

1.6

Djumagulova, 201685

2013

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Army recruits

300ǂ

1.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Army recruits

300ǂ

1.0

Bakhovadinov, 201686

2016

Kyrgyzstan

Blood bank

CS

Conv

Blood donors

46,780

1.8

Bahovadinov, 201087

2007–2009

Tajikistan

Community

CS

Conv

Blood donors

66,333

2.9

Asimov, 201541

2006–2010

Tajikistan

Community

CS

SRS

Pregnant women

315

6.0

Asimov, 201541

2006–2010

Tajikistan

Community

CS

SRS

Paid blood donors

68

7.3

Abdurashit, 200888

2005–2007

Tajikistan

National

CS

Conv

Pregnant women

1,554

0.50

Aklsalikh, 201740

NS

Tajikistan

Community

CS

Conv

Labor workers

415

4.8

Aklsalikh, 201740

NS

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

Conv

Labor workers

464

4.5

Kurbanov, 200343

2001

Uzbekistan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Blood donors, pregnant women

341

6.5

Ruzibakiev, 200189

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

SRS

General population

929

11.3

Ruzibakiev, 200189

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

SRS

Paid blood donors

346

6.4

Berger, 201590

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

NS

NS

General population

300ǂ

13.1

Glikberg, 1997

1995–1997

Israel¥

Community

CS

Conv

General population (Bukharian Jews)

102

26.5

  1. Abbreviations: Conv, convenience; CS, cross-sectional; NS, not specified; SRS, simple random sampling.
  2. aPrevalence figures are as reported in the original reports, but rounded to one decimal place, provided the prevalence figure was over 1%.
  3. ǂStudy did not report sample size. The included sample size was imputed based on the median sample size of all studies that reported a sample size.
  4. ¥Study performed on immigrants from Central Asia.