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Further evidence for association of hepatitis C infection with parenteral schistosomiasis treatment in Egypt

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and schistosomiasis are major public health problems in the Nile Delta of Egypt. To control schistosomiasis, mass treatment campaigns using tartar emetic injections were conducted in the 1960s through 1980s. Evidence suggests that inadequately sterilized...

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Autores principales: Rao, Malla R, Naficy, Abdollah B, Darwish, Medhat A, Darwish, Nebal M, Schisterman, Enrique, Clemens, John D, Edelman, Robert
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12464161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-2-29