Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection among Egyptian healthcare workers in a national liver diseases referral centre

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-103

  Abdelwahab, Sayed ^a,b   Rewisha, Eman ^c   Hashem, Mohamed ^b,d   Sobhy, Maha ^b   Galal, Iman ^b   Allam, Walaa R ^b   Mikhail, Nabeil ^b,e   Galal, Gehan ^b   El Tabbakh, Mohamed ^c   El Kamary, Samer S ^d   Waked, Imam ^c   Strickland, G Thomas ^d  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

^b Egyptian Company for Blood Transfusion Services (EgyBlood)   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

^e ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Healthcare workers; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Needlesticks; Schistosomiasis; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COINFECTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84855522325     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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