Frequent transient hepatitis C viremia without seroconversion among healthcare workers in Cairo, Egypt.

<h4>Backgrounds</h4>With 10% of the general population aged 15-59 years chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), Egypt is the country with the highest HCV prevalence worldwide. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are therefore at particularly high risk of HCV infection. Our aim was to st...

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Main Authors: Aline Munier, Diaa Marzouk, Florence Abravanel, Mai El-Daly, Sylvia Taylor, Rasha Mamdouh, Waleed Salah Eldin, Hanan Ezz El-Arab, Dalia Gaber Sos, Mohamed Momen, Omar Okasha, Lenaig Le Fouler, Mostafa El-Hosini, Jacques Izopet, Mona Rafik, Matthew Albert, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Mostafa Kamal Mohamed, Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau, Arnaud Fontanet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23469082/?tool=EBI