Incidence and risk factors for hepatitis C infection in a cohort of women in rural Egypt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 921-928

  Saleh, Doa'a A ^a   Shebl, Fatma ^b,c   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^d,e   Narooz, Shaker ^d   Mikhail, Nabiel ^d   El Batanony, Manal ^c   El Kafrawy, Sherif ^c,d   El Daly, Mai ^c,d   Sharaf, Soraya ^c   Hashem, Mohamed ^b   El Kamary, Samer ^b   Magder, Laurence S ^b   Stoszek, Sonia K ^b   Strickland, G Thomas ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

^e Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hepatitis C virus; Incidence; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL HEALTH;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 48349132999     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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