caa a22 4500 606156852 CHVBK 20210128100610.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10096-015-2444-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10096-015-2444-4 Milestones along the road of infection prevention in Egypt [Elektronische Daten] [H. El-Mahallawy, L. Mohsen, M. Wassef] Sequela of infectious diseases include not only morbidity and mortality, but are also associated with chronic illnesses that has long constituted public health problems and huge economic burdens. This review gives a brief idea about important infectious diseases (ID) in Egypt, the main lines taken to combat them, the challenges still existing, and the possible barriers keeping IDs still forming threats to the community. Egypt has the highest prevalence rates of HCV infection worldwide. Significant evidence points towards that the HCV epidemic was initiated and propagated by the anti-schistosomal mass campaigns during the last century. Though the rates of HCV infection are declining, still the decline has not yet met the full expectations. Therefore, infection control programs are gaining more ground all over the country, especially with the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance complicating healthcare-associated infections (HAI) worldwide. Also, mass immnunization of childhood, mycobacterial tuberculosis infections, and avian influenza will be discussed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 El-Mahallawy H. National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Kasr el-Eini, Kornish el-Nil, Fom el-Khalig, 11796, Cairo, Egypt aut Mohsen L. Kasr Al-Aini School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt aut Wassef M. Kasr Al-Aini School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Springer Berlin Heidelberg 34/10(2015-10-01), 1923-1928 0934-9723 34:10<1923 2015 34 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2444-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2444-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- El-Mahallawy H. National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Kasr el-Eini, Kornish el-Nil, Fom el-Khalig, 11796, Cairo, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohsen L. Kasr Al-Aini School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wassef M. Kasr Al-Aini School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Springer Berlin Heidelberg 34/10(2015-10-01), 1923-1928 0934-9723 34:10<1923 2015 34 10096