الفهرس 
Epidemiology of HCVOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Chronic HCV is the most common cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, and the most common indication for liver transplantation in the world. The population of Egypt has a heavy burden of liver disease, mostly due to chronic infection with HCV. Overall prevalence of antibody to HCV in the general population is around 10%. HCV infection is more common in males than females and among rural individuals when compared to urban individuals. Assays which detect HCV antibodies have been available since 1989 and are currently the standard tools for screening blood and organ donations as well as diagnostic testing. Intrafamilial transmission is suggested and transmission between spouses is often assumed to be sexual. However, other routes of transmission between married couples and other family members are possible. Some studies have found high rates of infection among non spouse household transmission. This is supported by the fact that HCV RNA has often been found in the saliva of patients with and without serum HCV RNA (Hermide et al., 2000)and (boghdadi et al.,2009) . This study is a cross- sectional analytic study. It was conducted from November, 2013 to March, 2015. This study includea family members of 100 previously diagnosed HCV positive patients (index patients) of high socioeconomic level in Menoufia governorate (No.100) as well as their family members (No.427). The main objectives were to assess the extent of intrafamilial transmission of HCV disease among high socioeconomic population in Menoufia governorate.