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Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major medical challenge. The incubation period for HCV infection ranges from as low as two weeks to as high as six months. Blood transfusion is the primary means of transmission of HCV.
The aim of is detection of risk factors which affected on children and make them highly exposed to hepatitis c viruses in Beni-suef Governorate in Egypt and screen high risk children for HCV infection by detection of HCV antibodies . Children at the age of 3-13 years were screened for HCV antibodies by4th generation ELISA.
We screened 1357 children,785 male and 572 female. 100 of them had positive HCV antibody.
Rate of acquired HCV is higher in children with risk factor(blood transfusion, IV injection, hospitalization and dialyses).
About31.1% of all screened children had blood transfusion,13.2%of them with positive family history of HCV, majority of them about 65.4% with previous IV injection,7.6%of them had previous operation,64.9% have history of hospitalization, 41.8% of them with previous history of circumcision, 56.5% of them with pervious history of ear piercing,1.8% of them have renal diseases and making dialyses and 7.8% of them have DM and take insulin .
Rate of acquired HCV were different with different risk factors groups which is high in blood transfusion, IV injection, hospitalization and renal dialysis groups.
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There was no statistically significant between( circumcision, ear piercing and insulin injection) and HCV antibodies.
There were statistically significant between(blood transfusion, Intra venous injection, hospitalization, previous operation, family history and dialyses) and hepatitis c antibodies.