Table 10.

Studies on hepatitis C virus among risk groups in Somalia

Author	Year	Total	Cases	Total	Healthy	Setting	Population
Aceti et al[42]	1993	287	0	287	278	Mogadishu	Hospitalized children with diseases other than hepatitis
Watts et al[41]	1994	236	4	236	232	Mogadishu, Marka, Kismayo	Female prostitutes
Nur et al[33]	2000	42	1	42	41	Mogadishu	Hospitalized children with measles, tuberculosis, anemia and other febrile illnesses
Watts et al[41]	1994	80	2	80	78	Mogadishu, Marka, Kismayo	Sexually transmitted disease patients
Nur et al[33]	2000	57	4	57	53	Mogadishu	Hospitalized adults with tuberculosis, malaria, acute respiratory infections, and unknown diagnosis (no clinically evident case of hepatitis)
Aceti et al[42]	1993	179	4	179	175	Mogadishu	Mixed populations (98 prisoners and 81 psychiatric patients)