Evidence of sustained reductions in the relative risk of acute hepatitis B and C virus infections, and the increasing burden of hepatitis a virus infection in Egypt: comparison of sentinel acute viral hepatitis surveillance results, 2001

Evidence of sustained reductions in the relative risk of acute hepatitis B and C virus infections, and the increasing burden of hepatitis a virus infection in Egypt: comparison of sentinel acute viral hepatitis surveillance results, 2001–17

Published:2019-02-14 Issue:1 Volume:19 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Talaat Maha,Afifi Salma,Reaves Erik J.,Abu Elsood Hanaa,El-Gohary Amany,Refaey Samir,Hammad Radi,Abdel Fadeel Mostafa,Kandeel Amr

Funder

United States Agency for International Development

Center for Global Health

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12879-019-3806-9.pdf

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