Incidence and risk factors for community-acquired hepatitis C infection from birth to 5 years of age in rural Egyptian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Saleh, Doa'a A ^a   Shebl, Fatma M ^b,c   El Kamary, Samer S ^b   Magder, Laurence S ^b   Allam, Alif ^c   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^d,e   Mikhail, Nabiel ^d,f   Hashem, Mohamed ^b   Sharaf, Soraya ^c   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)

^f ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Egypt; Hepatitis C; Incidence; Risk factors; Rural community

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY PIERCING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77952952175     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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