Table 3.

Global data of seroprevalence of HBV & HCV in HD centres

Virus	Place	Author	Year	Prevalence
HBV	Western Europe Japan &USA	Burdick et al [6]	2003	0-6.6%
	Middle East: Saudi Arabia & Bahrain	Almawi WY et al [7]	2004	11.8% & 3.7%
	Turkey	Yakaryilmaz et al [8]	2006	13.3%
	Brazil	Ferreira et al [9]	2006	2.4-10%
	Asia & Pacific countries	Johnson et al [10]	2009	1.3% & 14.6%
	North Indian data	Malhotra R et al [11]	2016	1.5-33.5%
HCV	United Kingdom	Wreghitt et al. [12].	1999	4%
	Saudi Arabia	Souqiyyeh et al [13]	2001	50%
	Germany	Hinrichsen H et al [14]	2002	6%
	Slovenia	Buturovic-Ponikvar et al [15]	2003	1.9%
	Casablanca	Boulaajaj K et al [16]	2005	76%
	Egypt	ZahranAM [17]	2014	49.6%