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Burden of pediatric hepatitis C.

World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Nov 2013

El-Shabrawi Mortada Hassan, Kamal Naglaa Mohamed

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major health burden infecting 170-210 million people worldwide. Additional 3-4 millions are newly-infected annually. Prevalence of pediatric infection varies from 0.05%-0.36% in the United States and Europe; up to 1.8%-5.8% in some developing countries. The highest prevalence occurs in Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Amazon basin and Mongolia. HCV has been present in some populations for...

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PMID: 24307782
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.7880
PMCID: PMC3848136

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