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Clinical and Experimental Hepatology
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4/2016
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Prevalence of HCV genotypes in Poland – the EpiTer study

Robert Flisiak
,
Joanna Pogorzelska
,
Hanna Berak
,
Andrzej Horban
,
Iwona Orłowska
,
Krzysztof Simon
,
Ewelina Tuchendler
,
Grzegorz Madej
,
Anna Piekarska
,
Maciej Jabłkowski
,
Zbigniew Deroń
,
Włodzimierz Mazur
,
Marcin Kaczmarczyk
,
Ewa Janczewska
,
Arkadiusz Pisula
,
Jacek Smykał
,
Krzysztof Nowak
,
Marek Matukiewicz
,
Waldemar Halota
,
Joanna Wernik
,
Katarzyna Sikorska
,
Iwona Mozer-Lisewska
,
Błażej Rozpłochowski
,
Aleksander Garlicki
,
Krzysztof Tomasiewicz
,
Joanna Krzowska-Firych
,
Barbara Baka-Ćwierz
,
Wiesław Kryczka
,
Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk
,
Iwona Olszok
,
Anna Boroń-Kaczmarska
,
Barbara Sobala-Szczygieł
,
Bronisława Szlauer
,
Bogumiła Korcz-Ondrzejek
,
Jerzy Sieklucki
,
Robert Pleśniak
,
Agata Ruszała
,
Barbara Postawa-Kłosińska
,
Jolanta Citko
,
Anna Lachowicz-Wawrzyniak
,
Joanna Musialik
,
Edyta Jezierska
,
Witold Dobracki
,
Beata Dobracka
,
Jan Hałubiec
,
Rafał Krygier
,
Anna Strokowska
,
Wojciech Chomczyk
,
Krystyna Witczak-Malinowska

Clin Exp HEPATOL 2016; 2, 4: 144–148
Online publish date: 2016/11/28
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The aim of the study was to assess current prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in Poland, including their geographic distribution and changes in a given period of time.

Material and methods: Data were collected with questionnaires from 29 Polish centers and included data of patients diagnosed with HCV infection between 1 January 2013 and 31 March 2016.

Results: In total, data of 9800 patients were reported. The highest prevalence was estimated for genotype 1b (81.7%), followed by 3 (11.3%), 4 (3.5%), 1a (3.2%) and 2 (0.2%). Genotype 5 or 6 was reported in 6 patients only (0.1%). The highest prevalence of genotype 1 was observed in central (łódzkie, mazowieckie, świętokrzyskie), eastern (lubelskie) and southern (małopolskie, śląskie) Poland. The highest rate for genotype 3 was observed in south-western (dolnośląskie, lubuskie) and eastern (podlaskie, warmińsko-mazurskie and podkarpackie) Poland. Compared to historical data, we observed an increasing tendency of G1 prevalence from 72.0% in 2003 to 87.5% in 2016, which was accompanied by a decrease of G3 (17.9% vs. 9.1%) and G4 (9.0% vs. 3.1%).

Conclusions: Almost 85% of patients with HCV in Poland are infected with genotype 1 (almost exclusively subgenotype 1b), and its prevalence shows an increasing tendency, accompanied by a decrease of genotypes 3 and 4.
keywords:

liver, hepatitis C, epidemiology, infection

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