Mohamed El-Kassas a, ⁎ , Amira El Balakosy b, Mohamed Elbadry a, Ossama Ashraf Ahmed c, Christina Alphonse Anwar c, Mohammad Abd Algaber d, Tari George Michael c, Adel El Tahan e, Mohamed Alboraie f, Gina Meleak c, Maraw Tahoon g, Ahmed Sherief b, Khaled Raafat c, Hend Radwan h, Basem Eysa i, Haitham Ezzat Abdelaziz c, Yasmeen Ahmed b, Mohammed Aboul-Ezz j, Abeer Awad k
a Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
b Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
c Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
d Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Police Authority Hospitals, Giza, Egypt
e New Cairo Viral Hepatitis Treatment Unit, New Cairo Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
f Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
g Department Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El Kom, Egypt
h Internal Medicine Department, Medicine and Clinical Studies Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
i Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
j Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
k Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt