Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in rural pregnant Egyptian women

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-107

  Stoszek, Sonia K ^a   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^a,b   Narooz, Shaker ^b   El Daly, Mai ^b,c   Saleh, Doa'a A ^b   Mikhail, Nabiel ^b   Kassem, Enas ^c   Hawash, Yousry ^c   El Kafrawy, Sherif ^b,c   Said, Ahmed ^c   El Batanony, Manal ^c   Shebl, Fatma M ^a,c   Sayed, Mohamed ^c   Sharaf, Soraya ^c   Fix, Alan D ^a   Strickland, G Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEPATOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; HCV; Hepatitis C virus; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCUMCISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 29744468120     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.021     Document Type: Article

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