| 1 | Association of hepatitis C virus infection and diabetes in central Tunisia显示文摘AIM:To investigate hepatitis C virus(HCV) seroprevalence in Tunisian patients with diabetes mellitus and in a control group.METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the HCV seroprevalence in 1269 patients with diabetes(452 male,817 female) and 1315 nondiabetic patients,attending health centers in Sousse,Tunisia.HCV screening was performed in both groups using a fourth-generation enzyme immunoassay.RESULTS:In the diabetic group,17(1.3%) were found to be HCV-infected compared with eight(0.6%) in the control group,although the difference was not significant(P=0.057).Quantitative PCR was performed in 20 patients.Eleven patients were positive and showed HCV genotype 1b in all cases.CONCLUSION:Frequency of HCV antibodies was low in patients with diabetes and in the control group in central Tunisia,with no signifi cant difference between the groups. | Naoufel Kaabia Elhem Ben Jazia Ines Slim Imen Fodha Wissem Hachfi Rafika Gaha Mabrouk Khalifa Aoutef Hadj Kilani Halim Trabelsi Ahmed Abdelaziz Fethi Bahri Amel Letaief | 2009 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2009，15，22： | 2 |
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