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ArticleJournal of translational internal medicine2017

Hepatitis B Virus Genotype E Infection among Egyptian Health Care Workers.

Reem Elmaghloub, Ashraf Elbahrawy, Gamal El Didamony, Ahmed Elwassief, Abdel-Gawad Saied Mohammad, Ahmed Alashker, Hendawy Zedan, Abdallah Mahmoud Abdallah, Mahmoud Haddad Hemidah, Amr Elmestikawy and 9 more

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Article in Journal of translational internal medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Pattern and interpretation of hepatitis B virus markers among pregnant women in North East Egypt.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Reem ElmaghloubDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Zagazig University, Al-Zagazig, Egypt.
Ashraf ElbahrawyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Gamal El DidamonyDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Zagazig University, Al-Zagazig, Egypt.
Ahmed ElwassiefDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abdel-Gawad Saied MohammadDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed AlashkerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hendawy ZedanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abdallah Mahmoud AbdallahDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud Haddad HemidahDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Amr ElmestikawyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed El FayoumeiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hossam ShahbaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed GawishDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Hanafy MorsyDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Alaa HashimDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Asyut, Egypt.
Mohamed Ali AbdelbaseerDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Yoshihide UedaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Tsutomu ChibaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Hafez AbdelhafeezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar University · EGKyoto University · JPZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesHealth Care Workers (HCWs) are at a high risk of needle stick injuries and HBV infection in Egypt; this problem is further aggravated by low Hepatitis B (HB) vaccination coverage. Limited data are available on the prevalence of HBV infection in Egyptian HCWs. In this study, we aimed to assess the HBV infection rate and genotypes among Egyptian HCWs.

methodsFive hundred and sixty-four (564) HCWs were included. Of them, 258 (45.74%) were health care providers and 306 (54.25%) were non-health care providers. All HCWs completed both the study questionnaires and provided a blood sample for HBV testing. Indeed, all HCWs were tested for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody to Hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc), by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. HBVDNA was checked for HCWs who tested positive for HBsAg and/or anti-HBc, by nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). HBVDNA positive HCWs were further subjected to HBV genotyping.

resultsThe mean age of included HCWs was 33.0 ± 9.8 years, of whom 319 (56.56%) were males. The mean duration of health care work was 9.3 ± 6.7 years. The frequency of HBsAg and anti-HBc were 1.4%, and 24.5%, respectively. Old age and prolonged duration of health care work were significantly associated with anti-HBc seropositivity. Among 140 HCWs positive for HBsAg and/or anti-HBc, 14 (10 %) had positive HBVDNA by PCR. HBV/E (

conclusionEgyptian HCWs have a significantly high rate of HBV exposure. The detection of HBV/E genotype among Egyptian HCWs suggests prevalent transmission of HBV/E among Egyptian populations.

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anti-HBcgenotype EHBsAghealth care workershepatitis B virus

Identifiers

PMID28721342
PMCPMC5506409
OpenAlexW2730530958

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