Egypt’s public health service inadvertently spread hepatitis C while treating patients for schistosomiasis, a common parasitic disease, with injections of antischistomal medications.
Hepatitis C, a viral infection that can lead to liver failure, is surprisingly common in Egypt. Up to 20 percent of people there test positive for the chronic illness.
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