HCV-INFECTION IN GOMEL REGION: CURRENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHRACTERISTIC
Various forms of HCV-infection in population of the Gomel region has been analyzed, major risk factors of infection and terms of disease revealing are characterized, the mathematical model of determination of time since the moment of infection is developed in the article. Since 1999 the epidemic tendency of HCV-infection (all forms) revealing in the Gomel region has been considered to be stable with the incidence rate of 55,7 per 100 000 population. However, the incident rate of chronic hepatitis C in both the Gomel region and Republic of Belarus as a whole (19,2 and 19,3 per 100 000 population correspondently) exceeds the rate observed in the countries of the European region (6,9 per 100 000) and has tendency to increase. During the first year after infection 18 % infected HCV people are revealed and the detection of 50% infected people occurs during the first 5 years after infection.