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Occurrence of Hepatitis C Virus infection in type 2 diabetic patients attending Plateau state specialist hospital Jos Nigeria | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Occurrence of Hepatitis C Virus infection in type 2 diabetic patients attending Plateau state specialist hospital Jos Nigeria James A Ndako 1 Georgebest O Echeonwu1 Nathaniel N Shidali2 Iliyasu A Bichi1 Grace A Paul1 Ema Onovoh1 and Lilian A Okeke1 Open Access Address Department of Virology Federal College of Veterinary and Medical Laboratory Technology Vom Nigeria and 2Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences University of Maiduguri Nigeria Email James ANdako - ndakoj@yahoo.co.uk Georgebest O Echeonwu - gon612echeonwu@yahoo.com Nathaniel N Shidali - shidalinn@yahoo.com Iliyasu A Bichi - iliyasubichi@yahoo.com Grace A Paul - graceabu@yahoo.com Ema Onovoh - emamuyoyo@yahoo.com Lilian A Okeke - liliananyanwu@yahoo.com Corresponding author Published 8 July 2009 Received 25 April 2009 Virology Journal 2009 6 98 doi 10.1186 1743-422X-6-98 Accepted 8 July 2009 This article is available from http www.virologyj.cOm content 6 1 98 2009 Ndako et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Glucose intolerance is observed more in patients with HCV infection compared with control subjects with liver disease Initial studies suggested that Hepatitis C virus infection may be an additional risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus. This study was therefore carried out to determine the correlation of HCV infection and diabetes. Methods Three hundred 300 confirmed type 2 diabetic patients were screened for hepatitis C virus antibodies at the Plateau state specialist hospital Jos using Grand diagnostic test strip. Questionnaire comprising of age sex family history on diabetes duration of .