Injection drug use is a risk factor for HCV infection in urban Egypt

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Jimenez, Adela Paez ^a   Mohamed, Mostafa K ^b   Eldin, Noha Sharaf ^b   Seif, Hasnaa Abou ^b   El Aidi, Said ^c   Sultan, Yehia ^d   Elsaid, Nasr ^e   Rekacewicz, Claire ^a   El Hoseiny, Mostafa ^b   El Daly, May ^f,g   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^f,h   Fontanet, Arnaud ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Imbaba Fever Hospital   (Egypt)

^d ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

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

^g MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUTURE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349694088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007193     Document Type: Article

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