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. 2015 Feb 8;12:19. doi: 10.1186/s12985-015-0251-2

Table 1.

Showing the prevalence of co-infection HCV/ HBV and hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS)

Country Prevalence of HCV/HSS Remarks about the study Prevalence of HBV/HSS Remarks about the study
Egypt 33% [21] 1-Angelico et al [21] a small scale study carried among 135 liver disease patients 19.6% [20]-33% [21] 1-El-Sayed et al [20]
This is a community based study
2-Angelico et al [21] a small scale study carried among 135 liver disease patients
2- el-Esnawy [27] et al. carried a study among 233 waste water treatment workers
40.2% [27]
Sudan 2.3% Mudawi et al. [25] studied 176 schistosomiasis patients
Ethiopia 4% Berhe et al. [30] studied 199 schistosomiasis patients 16.1% Berhe et al. [30] studied 199 schistosomiasis patients
Brazil 12.9% Aquino et al [22] studied 101 patients with HSS 15.8% Aquino et al [22] studied 101 patients with HSS
China 0.06% Li et al. [26] studied 102 patients with schistosomiasis 58.4% Du et al. [23] studied 250 schistosomiasis patients