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Molecular epidemiological study of hepatitis viruses in Ismailia, Egypt.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2009
Youssef Ahmed, Yano Yoshihiko, Utsumi Takako, abd El-alah Essam Mohamed Mohamed, abd El-Hameed Alaa El-een Saad, Serwah Adel El-Hamid Ahmed, Hayashi Yoshitake
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis virus is hyperendemic in Egypt, western Asia and Africa. In Egypt, most studies have been carried out in the regions of the upper and lower Nile Delta, and so little is known about other parts of the country. Our project aimed to clarify the carrier rate of various hepatitis viruses in the northeastern province of Ismailia. A total of 214 patients with elevated liver enzymes were enrolled in this...
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