Hepatitis C — Worldwide/Unknown
The following background data on Hepatitis C in Egypt are abstracted from Gideon [] and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2].
Incidence and prevalence
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Hepatitis C is the commonest cause of chronic liver disease in Egypt. The nationwide carriage rate in 1997 was estimated at 6 to 8 million, or 18.1 per cent of the population — the highest rate in the world. A study published in 2010 estimated the yearly rate at 500 000 new cases (0.7 per cent of the population); while
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