Table 1.
Hepatitis C virus prevalence among general population groups in the Middle East and North Africa
| Country | Population | Seroprevalence (%) | Ref. |
| Afghanistan | Blood donors | 0.3-1.9 | [123,124] |
| Pregnant women | 0.31 | [125] | |
| Algeria | Blood donors | 0.18 | [126] |
| Pregnant women | 0.19-0.63 | [126,127] | |
| Bahrain | Blood donors | 0.3 | [128] |
| Djibouti | Blood donors | 0.3 | [129] |
| Egypt | Army recruits | 22.1 | [130] |
| Blood donors | 2.7-26.6 | [103,131-140] | |
| Children | 2.1-12.1 | [84,94,103,130,141,142] | |
| Family of HCV positive patients | 0-14 | [143] | |
| Fire brigade personnel | 39 | [103] | |
| General population | 10-41.9 | [91,144,145] | |
| Healthy populations | 5-46.7 | [95,146-150] | |
| National survey | 14.7 | [62] | |
| Pregnant women | 4.3-19 | [151-154] | |
| Rural populations | 2.7-60 | [90,155-158] | |
| Tourism workers | 14.3 | [159] | |
| Visa applicants | 31.5 | [95] | |
| Iran | Blood donors | 0.1-2.1 | [114,160-166] |
| Children | 0-0.6 | [167,168] | |
| Family of HCV positive patients | 1.3 | [169] | |
| General population | 0.1-3.1 | [170] | |
| Healthy populations | 12.3 | [171] | |
| Iraq | Pregnant women | 3.2 | [172] |
| Kuwait | Blood donors | 0.8-5.4 | [173] |
| Outpatients | 1 | [174] | |
| Lebanon | Blood donors | 0.4-0.7 | [175-178] |
| General population | 0.7 | [179] | |
| Libya | Blood donors | 0.9-6.6 | [180-183] |
| Healthy populations | 1.6-7.9 | [180,182] | |
| National survey | 1.2 | [184] | |
| Morocco | Blood donors | 0.2-1.1 | [185-188] |
| Pregnant women | 0.5-1 | [185,189] | |
| Oman | Blood donors | 0.4-1.5 | [190-193] |
| Pakistan | Blood donors | 0.5-16 | [64,76,194-201] |
| Children | 1.7-2.1 | [75,76] | |
| Family of HCV positive patients | 0.4-20.5 | [202-204] | |
| General population | 4.7-5.4 | [64,76] | |
| Healthy adults | 3 | [76] | |
| Rural populations | 4.6-33.7 | [66,67,121,205,206] | |
| Vaccinated population with smallpox | 21 | [67] | |
| Women | 6.7 | [205] | |
| Palestine | General population | 2.2 | [144] |
| Qatar | Blood donors | 0.4-2.8 | [207,208] |
| General population | 0.9 | [209] | |
| Saudi Arabia | Blood donors | 0.4-4.6 | [72,210-218] |
| Children | 0.1-1.8 | [70-72] | |
| General population | 1.7-3.6 | [219,220] | |
| Outpatients | 2.1-22.5 | [221] | |
| Pregnant women | 0.1-4.6 | [72,222,223] | |
| Subjects tested for HCV | 5.1 | [210] | |
| Somalia | Blood donors | 0.6 | [224] |
| Blood donors and hospitalized populations | 2.4 | [224] | |
| Children | 0-1.5 | [73,74] | |
| Healthy populations | 1-6.5 | [73,225] | |
| Sudan | Outpatients | 3 | [226] |
| Pregnant women | 0.6 | [227] | |
| Syria | Blood donors | 0.95 | [228] |
| Tunisia | Blood donors | 0.6-1.1 | [229,230] |
| General population | 0.2-1.7 | [231-233] | |
| Turkey | Blood donors | 0.2-0.4 | [234-239] |
| Controls | 1.3 | [240] | |
| Engaged couples | 0.1 | [241] | |
| Family of HCV positive patients | 2 | [242] | |
| General population | 0.6-2.3 | [241,243,244] | |
| Obstetrics and gynecology patients | 0.9 | [245] | |
| Outpatients | 2.2 | [246] | |
| Rural populations | 1 | [247] | |
| Soldiers | 0.5-0.6 | [237] | |
| UAE | Blood donors | 0.5-1.10 | [248,249] |
| College students | 0-0.4 | [250,251] | |
| Yemen | Blood donors | 1.1 | [252] |
| Healthy populations | 2.1-4.2 | [253,254] |
Results shown are not of an exhaustive and systematic literature review. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; UAE: United Arab Emirates.