Injection Drug Use Is a Risk Factor for HCV Infection in Urban Egypt

OBJECTIVE: To identify current risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in Greater Cairo. DESIGN AND SETTING: A 1∶1 matched case-control study was conducted comparing incident acute symptomatic hepatitis C patients in two “fever” hospitals of Greater Cairo with two control groups: house...

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Main Authors: Paez Jimenez, Adela, Mohamed, Mostafa K., Sharaf Eldin, Noha, Abou Seif, Hasnaa, El Aidi, Said, Sultan, Yehia, Elsaid, Nasr, Rekacewicz, Claire, El-Hoseiny, Mostafa, El-Daly, May, Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed, Fontanet, Arnaud
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2745657/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19784363
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007193
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