G.F. LEONOVA, I.M. KHAERTYNOVA, O.G. LAZARENKO, V.G. SHAKIROVA

Kazan State Medical Academy, 11 Mushtari St, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012 

Leonova G.F. — Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Infectious Diseases, tel. (843) 267-80-95, e-mail: [email protected]

Khaertynova I.M. — D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, tel. (843) 267-80-95, e-mail: [email protected]

Lazarenko O.G. — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases, tel. (843) 267-80-95, e-mail: [email protected]

Shakirova V.G. — Cand. Med. Sc., Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Infectious Diseases, tel. (843) 267-80-95, e-mail: [email protected]

This article contains the analysis of epidemiological data of children with chronic Hepatitis C virus infection in the Republic of Tatarstan in 1995-2013, with territorial analysis of the disease spreading by Tatarstan regions. The epidemiological characteristics оf chronic Hepatitis C virus infection in 168 children is given. The analysis shows that there are 3 periods of HCV infection in children. The disease rate grew in 1999 with mainly artificial ways of transmitting, and in 2006 with mainly parenteral and sexual ways of transmitting among the adolescents, mainly boys. Uneven territorial distribution of the HCV infection in Tatarstan regions is marked, it being the most frequent in Elabuga, Atnya and Bugulma regions.

Key words: HCV infection, acute and chronic Hepatitis C virus infection, children, incidence.

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