Hemodialysis Patients: a High Risk Group for Hepatitis C

More importantly in Libya, HD patients seem to have a higher prevalence of the disease compared to other more developed regions. Research from Libya on this issue although scant, is available, as evident by a relatively recent publication on the matter, a study by Daw et al, conducted in Tripoli from 1999 to 2001 [3]. The study showed a 20.5% prevalence of HCV among HD patients, which is of similar prevalence to neighbouring Tunisia, and seems to be better than some of the gulf countries, where a higher sero-prevalence rate seems to exist within this patient group [2].