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ArticleJournal of translational internal medicine2017

Hepatitis C Virus Exposure Rate among Health-care Workers in Rural Lower Egypt Governorates.

Ashraf Elbahrawy, Ahmed Elwassief, Abdallah Mahmoud Abdallah, Arafat Kasem, Sadek Mostafa, Khaled Makboul, Mohamed Salah Ali, Ahmed Alashker, Ahmed Maher Eliwa, Hossam Shahbah and 4 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 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashraf ElbahrawyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed ElwassiefDepartment 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.
Arafat KasemDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Sadek MostafaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Khaled MakboulDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Salah AliDepartment 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.
Ahmed Maher EliwaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hossam ShahbahDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Abdellah OthmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Hanafy MorsyDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Ali AbdelbaseerDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hafez AbdelhafeezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar School of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Azhar University · EG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesStudies on hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Egypt supported a strong role for various exposures in the health-care setting. In this study, we attempted to estimate the frequency of HCV exposure among Egyptian health-care workers (HCWs).

methodsFive hundred and sixty-four (564) HCWs were included in this study. Two hundred and fifty-eight (45.74%) were health-care providers and 306 (54.25%) were non-health-care providers. All HCWs completed both the study questionnaire and provided a blood sample for anti-HCV testing by third-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Subsequently, anti-HCV-positive samples were tested for HCV RNA using nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

resultsThe mean age of included HCWs was 33.0 ± 9.8 years; of them, 319 (56.56%) were males and 245 (43.44%) were females. The mean duration of health-care work was 9.3 ± 6.7 years. The frequency of antibody against hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) among included HCWs was 8.7% (

conclusionHigh rate of HCV infection is detected in Egyptian HCWs in rural Lower Egypt governorates. Health-care providers seem to eradicate HCV infection more frequently than non-health-care providers. National screening and treatment of infected HCWs are recommended.

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anti-HCVHCV RNAhealth-care workerslower Egyptrural

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PMID29085789
PMCPMC5655463
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