Subclinical hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian patients with rheumatic diseases: a multi-center study

Subclinical hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian patients with rheumatic diseases: a multi-center study

Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly prevalent in Egypt. It was found to be 7.0% in a study done in 2015. There are some studies on the prevalence of HCV in rheumatoid arthritis, but to our knowledge, no previous study was done to detect it in other rheumatologic diseases....

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Main Authors: Safaa Ali Mahran, Alaa A. A. Mohamed, Dalia A. Nigm, M. Z. A. Abu Rahma, S. Abd-Elsalam, Hesham Hamoud, M. Hamdy, M. I. Risha, Ahmad Hamdy, Mohamed M. Abdelkareem, Saad Ghanem, Mohamed Hanafy, Abdelhafeez Moshrif, A. Fehr, Fatma H. ElNouby, A. Osman, Manal M. Hassanien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
Hepatitis C virus; Rheumatologic diseases; Reactivation; Egypt
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-020-00014-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-020-00014-5

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