TY - BOOK AU - Mona Mohamed Fathi Hanafi AU - Hany Rateb , AU - Nagwa Eid Sobhy , AU - Salma Fouad Dowara , TI - Role of family physician in prevention and management of HCV infection / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mona Mohamed Fathi Hanafi , KW - Endemicity KW - Hepatitis C infection KW - Prevention N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Family Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Egypt exceeds the World Health Organization's ( WHO'S ) high endemicity of hepatitis C virus ( HCV ) infection which is ( 4% ) where Egypt reports the highest prevalence world wide ranging from 6% to more than 40% with an average of 13.8% . In this study the first part is concerned with viral anatomy , pathogenesis of the disease , risk factors for transmission , the prevalence of HCV worldwide with special consideration about the situation in Egypt UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -