Treatment of children with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Effective management of children with chronic hepatitis B is still an unresolved issue.

Aim: To assess the outcome of different therapeutic regimens among children with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B.

Methods: Electronic database searches identified clinical trials that completed specific periods of treatment and follow-up.

Seroprevalences and local variation of human and livestock brucellosis in two villages in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt.

This study aimed at assessing the epidemiology of brucellosis among both human and livestock populations in an endemic area in Egypt. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two villages, where 616 inhabitants (aged 3-75 years) and 350 livestock of 97 households were enrolled. Sera were tested for Brucella spp.

Hepatitis B virus among schoolchildren in an endemic area in Egypt over a decade: impact of hepatitis B vaccine.

Cross-sectional studies were conducted over a decade among schoolchildren in an endemic area in Egypt for screening of hepatitis B (HB) virus markers. The significant decline of anti-HB core trend indicates the effectiveness of the prophylactic strategy in which the HB vaccine was incorporated. In addition, the persistence of protective titer of anti-HB surface among 54% of vaccinated children ages 6-10 years is encouraging.