Female Genital Cutting and Hepatitis C Spread in Egypt

A recent analysis of Egypt's first nationally representative survey of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found female genital cutting (FGC) to be an independent risk factor for HCV infection for women in urban areas. We use the same dataset to extend this analysis. In an ecological analysis, we...

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Autores principales: Kenyon, Chris, Buyze, Jozefien, Apers, Ludwig, Colebunders, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/617480
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author Kenyon, Chris
Buyze, Jozefien
Apers, Ludwig
Colebunders, Robert
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description A recent analysis of Egypt's first nationally representative survey of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found female genital cutting (FGC) to be an independent risk factor for HCV infection for women in urban areas. We use the same dataset to extend this analysis. In an ecological analysis, we find a strong association between FGC and HCV prevalence (Pearson R (2)—74%;  P < 0.0001). HCV prevalence is significantly higher if FGC is performed by a non-Doctor (15.4%) than a Doctor (4.2%; P < 0.001), and the calculated population attributable fraction of FGC for prevalent HCV seropositivity is high in women (79.8%).
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spelling pubmed-48908672016-06-22 Female Genital Cutting and Hepatitis C Spread in Egypt Kenyon, Chris Buyze, Jozefien Apers, Ludwig Colebunders, Robert ISRN Hepatol Research Article A recent analysis of Egypt's first nationally representative survey of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found female genital cutting (FGC) to be an independent risk factor for HCV infection for women in urban areas. We use the same dataset to extend this analysis. In an ecological analysis, we find a strong association between FGC and HCV prevalence (Pearson R (2)—74%;  P < 0.0001). HCV prevalence is significantly higher if FGC is performed by a non-Doctor (15.4%) than a Doctor (4.2%; P < 0.001), and the calculated population attributable fraction of FGC for prevalent HCV seropositivity is high in women (79.8%). Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4890867/ /pubmed/27335830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/617480 Text en Copyright © 2013 Chris Kenyon et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kenyon, Chris
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Female Genital Cutting and Hepatitis C Spread in Egypt
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/617480
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