Alarming Levels of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Emergency National and International Actions Warranted

Mamun Al Mahtab; Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar; Kazuaki Takahashi; Abul Barakat Mohammad Adnan; Mohammad Ashraful Alam; Sheikh Mohammad Noor-E-Alam; Masuda Mohsena; Al Asmaul Hosna; Musarrat Mahtab; Mohammad Helal Uddin; Sm Golam Kaisar; Sanya Tahmina

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1297

Alarming Levels of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Emergency National and International Actions Warranted

Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol. 2019 Jan-Jun;9(1):55-56. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1297.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, Japan, Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Kazuaki Takahashi, Viral Hepatitis Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Hepatology, Cox's Bazar Medical College, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
⁵ Department of Hepatology, Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmod Medical College, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
⁶ Department of Community Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁷ Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁸ Forum for The Study of The Liver, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁹ Communicable Disease Control, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

How to cite this article: Mahtab MAL, Akbar SMF, et al. Alarming Levels of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Emergency National and International Actions Warranted. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2019;9(1):55-56.