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Hepatitis C Worldwide and in Brazil: Silent Epidemic—Data on Disease including Incidence, Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment
Table 2
Hepatitis C confirmed cases in Brazil according to the Ministry of Health [
5
].
Region
Number of cases among the years
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
1999–
2011
Brazil
188
309
632
2,031
4,021
7,135
8,572
9,280
9,517
9,936
10,534
10,321
9,565
82,041
North
2
30
19
34
70
68
128
100
226
268
274
230
195
1,644
Northeast
1
0
6
34
106
208
383
426
382
549
671
637
728
4,131
Southeast
110
166
363
1,423
2,791
5,126
6,073
6,600
6,430
6,571
7,095
6,528
5,946
55,222
South
72
111
223
400
910
1,530
1,743
1,924
2,105
2,248
2,143
2,561
2,337
18,307
Central-west
3
2
21
140
144
203
245
230
374
300
351
365
359
2,737