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Light and Darkness: Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection among the General Population
Table 3
Prevalence of anti-HHEV among the general population of the Middle East.
| | Country | Number of samples | Anti-HHEV rate (%) | Reference | | Children | Adults | Overall |
| | Turkey | 1374 | — | 5.9 | — | [87] | | Turkey (Istanbul) | 909 | 2.1 | — | — | [88] | | Turkey (Antalya) | 338 | 0.9 | — | — | [89] | | Turkey (Anatolia) | 321 | — | 12-13 | — | [90] | | Turkey (Aydin) | 386 | — | 7.0 | — | [91] | | Turkey (Duzce) | 589 | 0.3 | — | — | [92] | | Turkey (Trace) | 580 | — | 2.4 | — | [93] | | Iran (Nahavand) | 304 | — | 9.3 | — | [94] | | Iran (Isfahan) | 816 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 3.8 | [95] | | Iran (Sari) | 1080 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 2.3 | [96] | | Iran (west) | 400 | — | 7.8 | — | [97] | | Iran (Teheran) | 551 | — | 7.9–15 | — | [98] | | Yemen | 356 | 8.0 | 15 | 11 | [99] | | Israel | 1416 | — | 1.8–2.8 | — | [100] | | Egypt | 10026 | 36–76 | 48–76 | 68 | [101] | | 100 | 26 | — | — | [102] | | 2428 | — | 84 | — | [7] |
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