Article
Characteristics of hepatitis viruses among Egyptian children with acute hepatitis.
International journal of oncology - 1 Apr 2013
Youssef Ahmed, Yano Yoshihiko, El-Sayed Zaki Maysaa, Utsumi Takako, Hayashi Yoshitake
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis viral infection is hyperendemic in Egypt, western Asia and Africa. However, little is known about the status of hepatitis viruses among rural Egyptian children. Therefore, this study sought to examine the prevalence and characteristics of hepatitis viruses among symptomatic Egyptian children. Serological and molecular analyses of hepatitis viral infection were conducted in 33 children hospitalised at...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis A virus
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA