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Iman Bakr

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Mostafa A, Shimakawa Y, Medhat A, Mikhail N, Chesnais C, Arafa N, et al.
J Hepatol . 2016 Feb; 64(6):1240-6. PMID: 26921686
Background & Aims: >80% of people chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) live in resource-limited countries, yet the excess mortality associated with HCV infection in these settings is poorly...
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Breban R, Arafa N, Leroy S, Mostafa A, Bakr I, Tondeur L, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2014 Oct; 2(9):e541-e549. PMID: 25304421
Background: Most hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in Egypt is related to medical injections and procedures. To control the spread of HCV, the Egyptian Ministry of Health initiated awareness and...
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Feray C, Bouscaillou J, Falissard B, Mohamed M, Arafa N, Bakr I, et al.
PLoS One . 2014 Jan; 9(1):e86098. PMID: 24465895
Background: We propose a new approach based on genetic distances among viral strains to infer about risk exposures and location of transmission at population level. Methods: We re-analysed 133 viral...
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Kotb M, Bakr I, Ismail N, Arafa N, El-Gewaily M
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care . 2011 Mar; 37(1):26-31. PMID: 21367700
Background And Methodology: Although modern family planning methods are readily available in Egypt at low cost, a considerable proportion of women still have an unmet contraceptive need. The aim of...
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Mostafa A, Taylor S, El-Daly M, El-Hoseiny M, Bakr I, Arafa N, et al.
Liver Int . 2010 Feb; 30(4):560-6. PMID: 20141592
Objectives: To estimate hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence rates and identify risk factors for current HCV transmission with emphasis on the role of living with infected household family members in...
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Laouenan C, Plancoulaine S, Mohamed M, Arafa N, Bakr I, Abdel-Hamid M, et al.
Hum Genet . 2009 Jul; 126(5):697-705. PMID: 19629529
Hepatitis C virus (HCV), infecting 170 million people worldwide, is a major public health problem. In developing countries, unsafe injections and blood transfusions are thought to be the major routes...
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Mohamed M, Bakr I, El-Hoseiny M, Arafa N, Hassan A, Ismail S, et al.
J Med Virol . 2006 Jul; 78(9):1185-9. PMID: 16847958
The origin of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic in Egypt has been attributed to intravenous schistosomiasis treatment in rural areas in the 1960s to 70s. The objective of this...
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Arafa N, El Hoseiny M, Rekacewicz C, Bakr I, El-Kafrawy S, Daly M, et al.
J Hepatol . 2005 Jul; 43(3):418-24. PMID: 16019104
Background/aims: To identify patterns of HCV spread in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Methods: Residents in a Nile Delta village were invited to participate in a cohort study of HCV...