Yousra Nabil Abdelhafez Mostafa

Schistosoma mansoni infection and hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt / العلاقة بين الاصابة بالبلهارسيا المعوية وسرطان الكبد الخلوى فى مصر Yousra Nabil Abdelhafez Mostafa ; Supervised Abdelhamid Abdeltawab Sabri , Amany Ahmed Abdelaal , Naglaa Saad Mahmoud - Cairo : Yousra Nabil Abdelhafez Mostafa , 2012 - 119P. : facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Parasitology

Schistosomiasis is the second most common parasitic infection of humans after malaria . In Egypt , schistosomiasis was traditionally one of the most important public health problem and infection with S. mansoni was the major cause of liver disease . In the past 10 years , hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was considered a major public health problem in Egypt , with a doubling in its incidence rate in this period



Hepatitis C virus Hepatocellular carcinoma Schistosomiasis