Case control study to identify risk factors for acute hepatitis C virus infection in Egypt

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 294
• Main Authors: Kandeel, Amr M, Talaat, Maha, Afifi, Salma A, El-Sayed, Nasr M, Abdel Fadeel, Moustafa A, Hajjeh, Rana A, Mahoney, Frank J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.11.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acute Hepatitis C; Adult; Aged; Antibodies; Antigens; Case-Control Studies; Communicable diseases; Disease control; Disease prevention; Drug use; Egypt; Egypt - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Female; Fever; Health aspects; Health care; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C - epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus; Hospitals; Humans; Industrialized nations; Infection control; Infections; Laboratories; Liver cirrhosis; Liver diseases; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Patients; Questionnaires; Risk factor; Risk Factors; Risk factors (Health); Viral antibodies; Viruses; Young Adult; Egypt; United States > US; Egypt, Arab Rep; Egypt, Arab Rep., Cairo; Egypt, Arab Rep., Alexandria

Identification of risk factors of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Egypt is crucial to develop appropriate prevention strategies. We conducted a case-control study, June 2007-September 2008, to investigate risk factors for acute HCV infection in Egypt among 86 patients and 287 age and gend...