TY - JOUR T1 - Seroprevalence survey of Egyptian tourism workers for hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and Treponema pallidum infections: association of hepatitis C virus infections with specific regions of Egypt. AU - el-Sayed,N M, AU - Gomatos,P J, AU - Rodier,G R, AU - Wierzba,T F, AU - Darwish,A, AU - Khashaba,S, AU - Arthur,R R, PY - 1996/8/1/pubmed PY - 1996/8/1/medline PY - 1996/8/1/entrez KW - Africa KW - Arab Countries KW - Behavior KW - Biology KW - Developing Countries KW - Diseases KW - Egypt KW - Epidemiology KW - Health KW - Health Surveys KW - Hepatitis KW - Hiv Infections KW - Infections KW - Measurement KW - Mediterranean Countries KW - Northern Africa KW - Prevalence KW - Public Health KW - Reproductive Tract Infections KW - Research Methodology KW - Research Report KW - Risk Factors KW - Sexually Transmitted Diseases KW - Syphilis KW - Travel And Tourism KW - Viral Diseases SP - 179 EP - 84 JF - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene JO - Am J Trop Med Hyg VL - 55 IS - 2 N2 - Blood samples from 740 Egyptian Nationals working in the tourism industry at two sites in the South Sinai governorate were screened for markers of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Treponema pallidum. Study subjects included 467 individuals from a rural seashore tourist village and 273 persons at two hotels in a well-established resort town. Subjects' ages ranged from 15 to 70 years; 99.3% were male. The prevalence of serologic markers for currently asymptomatic or past HBV infection alone was 20.7% (n = 153), of markers for past or chronic HCV infection alone was 7.4% (n = 55), and of markers for both HBV and HCV was 6.9% (n = 51). Of the 204 individuals positive for anti-HBV core antibody, 12 (5.9%) were also positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. Two individuals (0.3%) had a serologic market suggestive of an active syphilitic infection. No subject was found to be HIV-seropositive. History of prior injections and number of injections were associated with infection with HCV. Primary residence in the Nile delta and valley areas where schistosomiasis is highly endemic, was also a statistically significant risk factor for HCV, but not HBV infection. SN - 0002-9637 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/8780457/Seroprevalence_survey_of_Egyptian_tourism_workers_for_hepatitis_B_virus_hepatitis_C_virus_human_immunodeficiency_virus_and_Treponema_pallidum_infections:_association_of_hepatitis_C_virus_infections_with_specific_regions_of_Egypt_ L2 - https://ajtmh.org/doi/10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.179 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -