Community transmission of hepatitis B virus in Egypt: Results from a case-control study in Greater Cairo

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 757-765

  Jimenez, Adela Paez ^a   El Din, Noha Sharaf ^b   El Hoseiny, Mostafa ^b   El Daly, Mai ^c,d   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^c,e   El Aidi, Saeed ^f   Sultan, Yehia ^g   El Sayed, Nasr ^h   Mohamed, Mostafa Kamal ^b   Fontanet, Arnaud ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

^d MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Minia University   (Egypt)

^f Imbaba Fever Hospital   (Egypt)

^g ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Egypt; Epidemiology; Hepatitis B infection; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG PRESCRIBING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL FECES; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; HAIRDRESSER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE COLOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

BARBERING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COITUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

AFRICA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 66749086972     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp194     Document Type: Article

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