Hepatitis C virus infection in a community in the Nile Delta: risk factors for seropositivity.

M, Habib; MK, Mohamed; F, Abdel-Aziz; LS, Magder; M, Abdel-Hamid; F, Gamil; S, Madkour; NN, Mikhail; W, Anwar; GT, Strickland; AD, Fix; I, Sallam

doi:10.1053/jhep.2001.20797

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Hepatitis C virus infection in a community in the Nile Delta: risk factors for seropositivity.

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Habib M

Mohamed MK

Abdel-Aziz F

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a rural village in the Nile Delta with a high prevalence of antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV). One half of the village households were systematically selected, tested for anti-HCV, and interviewed: 973 of 3,99...

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