Hepatitis B and C virus in West-Central Turkey: seroprevalence in healthy individuals admitted to a university hospital for routine health checks.

Abstract

According to our results, the rates of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus seropositivities in our region are similar to those reported in recent studies from other parts of Turkey. But these results cannot be extrapolated to all residents of the Afyon area because a random sampling method was not used for statistical analysis. However, they provide a good reference for future studies because of the large number of cases investigated.