Table 2. Prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV in Tripoli.

	No. positive (%)		Ratio	Total (%)
	Males	Female	M∶F	No. positive (%)
Prevalence of HBV infection	265 (78.4)	73(21.6)	(3.6∶1)	338 (3.7)
Prevalence of HCV infection	42 (48.8)	44(51.2)	(1;1.1)	86 (0.9)
Prevalence of HIV infection	11 (78.7)	3(21.4)	(3.7∶1)	14 (0.15)
Co-infection of HBV/HCV	3 (75.0)	1(25.0)	(3∶1)	4 (0.04)
Co-infection of HBV/HIV	2 (66.7)	1(33.3)	(2∶1)	3 (0.03)
Co-infection of HCV/HIV*	10 (83.3)	2(16.7)	(3.7∶1)	12 (0.13)
Co-infection of HBV/HCV/HIV	2 (100.0)	0(0)	(2∶0)	2 (0.02)

n = 7500 males and 1670 females. * Statistically significant at P = 0.001