Community transmission of hepatitis B virus in Egypt: results from a case–control study in Greater Cairo

• Published in: International journal of epidemiology Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 757 - 765
• Main Authors: Jimenez, Adela Paez, El-Din, Noha Sharaf, El-Hoseiny, Mostafa, El-Daly, Mai, Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed, El Aidi, Saeed, Sultan, Yehia, El-Sayed, Nasr, Mohamed, Mostafa Kamal, Fontanet, Arnaud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.06.2009; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Acute hepatitis; Barbering; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Coitus; Egypt; Egypt - epidemiology; epidemiology; Female; Health Promotion - organization & administration; hepatitis B infection; Hepatitis B Vaccines - immunology; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatitis B, Chronic - prevention & control; Hepatitis B, Chronic - transmission; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Odds Ratio; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Factors; Viral diseases; Viral hepatitis; Africa; Egypt; Egypt, Arab Rep; Egypt, Arab Rep., Cairo; epidemiology; risk factors; Acute hepatitis; hepatitis B infection; Egypt; Acute; Transmission; Orthohepadnavirus; Hepatic disease; Case control study; Epidemiology; Result; Infection; Virus; Viral hepatitis B; Hepadnaviridae; Viral disease; Risk factor; Digestive diseases; Hepatitis B virus; Community; Public health

Background To identify current risk factors for hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission in Greater Cairo. Methods A 1:1 matched case–control study was conducted in two ‘fever’ hospitals in Cairo. Acute hepatitis B cases were patients with acute hepatitis, positive HBs antigen, and high anti-HBc IgM tit...