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Puri P, Anand AC, Saraswat VA, Acharya SK, Dhiman RK, Aggarwal R, Singh SP, Amarapurkar D, Arora A, Chhabra M, Chetri K, Choudhuri G, Dixit VK, Duseja A, Jain AK, Kapoorz D, Kar P, Koshy A, Kumar A, Madan K, Misra SP, Prasad MV, Nagral A, Puri AS, Jeyamani R, Saigal S, Sarin SK, Shah S, Sharma P, Sood A, Thareja S, Wadhawan M. Consensus Statement of HCV Task Force of the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL). Part I: Status Report of HCV Infection in India. J Clin Exp Hepatol 2014; 4:106-16. [PMID: 25755548 PMCID: PMC4116733 DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Globally, around 150 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). India contributes a large proportion of this HCV burden. The prevalence of HCV infection in India is estimated at between 0.5% and 1.5%. It is higher in the northeastern part, tribal populations and Punjab, areas which may represent HCV hotspots, and is lower in western and eastern parts of the country. The predominant modes of HCV transmission in India are blood transfusion and unsafe therapeutic injections. There is a need for large field studies to better understand HCV epidemiology and identify high-prevalence areas, and to identify and spread awareness about the modes of transmission of this infection in an attempt to prevent disease transmission.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pankaj Puri
- Department of Gastroenterology, Army Hospital (R & R), New Delhi 110010, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi 110076, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 221016, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
| | - Radha K. Dhiman
- Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
| | - Rakesh Aggarwal
- Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 221016, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 110060, India
| | - Mohinish Chhabra
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab 160047, India
| | - Kamal Chetri
- Department of Gastroenterology, International Hospital, Guwahati, Assam 781005, India
| | - Gourdas Choudhuri
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India
| | - Vinod K. Dixit
- Department of Gastroenterology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP 221005, India
| | - Ajay Duseja
- Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
| | - Ajay K. Jain
- Department of Gastroenterology, Chaithram Hospital, Indore, MP 452014, India
| | - Dharmesh Kapoorz
- Department of Gastroenterology, Global Hospital, Hyderabad, AP 500004, India
| | - Premashis Kar
- Department of Gastroenterology, LNJP Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002, India
| | - Abraham Koshy
- Department of Hepatology, Lakeshore Hospital, Cochin, Kerala 682304, India
| | - Ashish Kumar
- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 110060, India
| | - Kaushal Madan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001, India
| | - Sri P. Misra
- Department of Gastroenterology, MLN Medical College, Allahabad, India
| | - Mohan V.G. Prasad
- Department of Gastroenterology, VGM Hospital, Coimbatore 641005, India
| | - Aabha Nagral
- Department of Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai 400026, India
| | - Amarendra S. Puri
- Department of Gastroenterology, GP Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India
| | - R. Jeyamani
- Department of Gastroenterology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Chennai 632004, India
| | - Sanjiv Saigal
- Department of Gastroenterology, Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001, India
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- Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India
| | - Samir Shah
- Department of Gastroenterology, Global Hospital, Mumbai 400078, India
| | - P.K. Sharma
- Department of Gastroenterology, Command Hospital (SC), Pune 411040, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab 141001, India
| | - Sandeep Thareja
- Department of Gastroenterology, Army Hospital R&R, New Delhi 110010, India
| | - Manav Wadhawan
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indraprashtha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi 110044, India
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