TY - BOOK AU - Ashgan Mohamed Zayed AU - Abdelfattah Mohammed Attia , AU - Lamiaa Abdelfattah Ahmed Madkour , AU - Nadia Mohamed Madany , TI - Assessment of the potential effect of Epstein-Barr Virus concomitant infection on the response to Interferon-Ribavirin therapy among chronic Hepatitis C Virus infected patients / PY - 2018/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ashgan Mohamed Zayed , KW - Epstein-Barr Virus KW - Hepatitis C Virus KW - Interferon N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Issued also as CD N2 - Background and aim: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is one of the most ubiquitous viruses that canse liver pathology. presumably, a co-infection of EBV and hepatitis C Virus (EBV) may impact the prognosis of HCV-infected patiets. hence, in this study we endeavored to estimate the effect of EBV infection on the response to treatment with interferon and ribavirin therapy in chronic HCV patients. Methodes: thestaudy was conducted on 84 chronic HCV patients and 16 control subjects. viral loads were assessed using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, while anti-EBV IgM levels were determined by ELISA UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -