Hepatitis C virus infection and risk factors among patients and health-care workers of Ain Shams University hospitals, Cairo, Egypt

A. Anwar, Wagida; El Gaafary, Maha; A. Girgis, Samia; Rafik, Mona; Mohamed Hussein, Wafaa; Sos, Dalia; M. Mossad, Isis; Fontanet, Arnaud; Temime, Laura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246836

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Hepatitis C virus infection and risk factors among patients and health-care workers of Ain Shams University hospitals, Cairo, Egypt

Published in PLoS ONE • Feb 8, 2021

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Wagida A. Anwar

Maha El Gaafary

Samia A. Girgis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hospitals are suspected of playing a key role in HCV epidemic dynamics in Egypt. This work aimed at assessing HCV prevalence and associated risk factors in patients and health-care workers (HCWs) of Ain Shams University (ASU) hospitals in Cairo. METHODS: We included 500 patients admitted...

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Medicine

Health care

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