An Apparent Lack of Epidemiologic Association between Hepatitis C Virus Knowledge and the Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection in a National Survey in Egypt

Hiam Chemaitelly; Laith J. Abu-Raddad; F. DeWolfe Miller

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069803

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An Apparent Lack of Epidemiologic Association between Hepatitis C Virus Knowledge and the Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection in a National Survey in Egypt

Hiam Chemaitelly,

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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Laith J. Abu-Raddad,

Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Doha, Qatar, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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F. DeWolfe Miller

* E-mail: dewolfe@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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An Apparent Lack of Epidemiologic Association between Hepatitis C Virus Knowledge and the Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection in a National Survey in Egypt

Hiam Chemaitelly,
Laith J. Abu-Raddad,
F. DeWolfe Miller

Published: July 29, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069803

About the Authors

Hiam Chemaitelly

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Doha, Qatar

Laith J. Abu-Raddad

Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Doha, Qatar, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

F. DeWolfe Miller

* E-mail: dewolfe@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FDM. Analyzed the data: HC FDM. Wrote the paper: FDM HC LJA.

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