Table 2 Studies reporting hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among clinical populations 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

Non-specific clinical populations

Begaidarova, 201638

NS

Kazakhstan

Clinical

CS

Conv

HIV patients

181

40.3

Djumagulova, 201685

2004

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

9.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2005

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

8.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2006

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

8.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2007

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

8.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2008

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

8.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2009

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

7.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2010

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

8.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2011

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

8.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2012

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

7.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2013

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

5.9

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

19.1

Djumagulova, 201685

2015

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Clinical populations

300ǂ

33.3

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

HIV patients

5,505

10.5

Djumagulova, 201685

2015

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

HIV patients

6,110

11.5

Asimov, 201541

2006–2010

Tajikistan

Community

CS

SRS

HIV patients

109

32.1

Kurbanov, 200343

2001

Uzbekistan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Hematological disease patients

186

26.9

Ruzibakiev, 200189

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

SRS

Hematological disease patients

72

29.2

Ruzibakiev, 200189

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

SRS

Renal disease patients

85

16.5

Djumagulova, 201685

2013

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Recipients (blood, tissue, organs, sperm)

300ǂ

4.0

Djumagulova, 201685

2014

Kyrgyzstan

National

CS

Conv

Recipients (blood, tissue, organs, sperm)

300ǂ

4.0

Populations with liver-related conditions

Kurbanov, 200343

2001

Uzbekistan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Acute hepatitis patients

240

20.0

Kurbanov, 200343

2001

Uzbekistan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Chronic liver disease patients

234

41.9

Ruzibakiev, 200189

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

SRS

Acute hepatitis patients

96

16.6

Ruzibakiev, 200189

1999–2000

Uzbekistan

Community

CS

SRS

Chronic liver disease patients

164

26.8

Mirojov, 201339

NS

Tajikistan

Community

CS

NS

Liver cirrhosis patients

1,374

36.0

Ni, 201291

2002–2010

China¥

Community

CS

Conv

Primary liver cancer patients

335

40.4

Khan, 200842

2006

Tajikistan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Patients with chronic liver disease

124

46.0

Nersesov, 201792

2017

Kazakhstan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Hepatocellular carcinoma patients

1,357

23.8

Baimakhanov, 201786

2017

Kazakhstan

Clinical

CS

Conv

Liver transplant patients

64

26.6

  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.