Gamal Esmat
Cairo University
325 Papers
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Gamal Esmat is an academic researcher from Cairo University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Hepatitis C. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 278 publications. Previous affiliations of Gamal Esmat include Suez Canal University & University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study
Sarah Blach,Stefan Zeuzem,Michael Manns,Ibrahim Altraif,Ann-Sofi Duberg,David H. Muljono,Imam Waked,Seyed M Alavian,Mei Hsuan Lee,Francesco Negro,Faisal Abaalkhail,Ahmed Abdou,Maheeba Abdulla,Antoine Abou Rached,Inka Aho,Ulus Salih Akarca,Imad Al Ghazzawi,Saad Al Kaabi,Faryal Al Lawati,Khalid Al Namaani,Youssif Al Serkal,Said A. Al-Busafi,Layla Al-Dabal,Soo Aleman,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,Abdulrahman Aljumah,Hamad Al-Romaihi,Monique Andersson,Vic Arendt,Perttu Arkkila,Abdullah M. Assiri,Oidov Baatarkhuu,Abate Bane,Ziv Ben-Ari,Colm Bergin,Fernando Bessone,Florian Bihl,Abdul Rahman Bizri,M. Blachier,Antonio Javier Blasco,Carlos E Brandão Mello,Philip Bruggmann,Cheryl Brunton,Filipe Calinas,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,Asad Chaudhry,Hugo Cheinquer,Chien-Jen Chen,Rong-Nan Chien,Moon Seok Choi,Peer Brehm Christensen,Wan-Long Chuang,Vladimir Chulanov,Laura Cisneros,Mette Rye Clausen,Matthew E. Cramp,Antonio Craxì,E. A. Croes,Olav Dalgard,Jorge Daruich,Victor de Ledinghen,Gregory J. Dore,Manal H El-Sayed,Gül Ergör,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Karolin Falconer,Elmoubashar Farag,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,Robert Flisiak,Sona Frankova,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Edward Gane,Javier García-Samaniego,Akram Khan,Ilias Gountas,Adrian Goldis,Magnus Gottfredsson,Jason Grebely,Michael Gschwantler,Mario G. Pessoa,Jessie Gunter,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Omer Hajelssedig,Saeed Hamid,Waseem Hamoudi,Angelos Hatzakis,Sayed Himatt,Harald Hofer,Irena Hrstić,Yee Tak Hui,Béla Hunyady,Ramazan Idilman,Wasim Jafri,Rohani Jahis,Naveed Z. Janjua,Peter Jarcuska,Agita Jeruma,Jon G. Jonasson,Yasser Kamel,Jia-Horng Kao,Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,David Kershenobich,Jawad Khamis,Young Sik Kim,Loreta A. Kondili,Zaher Koutoubi,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Moon sing Lai,Wim Laleman,Wai-cheung C Lao,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Lázaro,Henri Leleu,Olufunmilayo A. Lesi,Laurentius A. Lesmana,Michael Li,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,Boris Lukšić,Adam Mahomed,Matti Maimets,Mihály Makara,Abraham O. Malu,Rui Tato Marinho,Paul Marotta,Stefan Mauss,Muhammad S. Memon,Maria C Mendes Correa,Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,Shahin Merat,Ammal M. Metwally,Rosmawati Mohamed,Christophe Moreno,Fadi H. Mourad,Beat Müllhaupt,Kimberly Murphy,Helen Nde,Richard Njouom,Diana Nonković,Suzanne Norris,Solomon Obekpa,Stephen Oguche,S. Olafsson,Marian Oltman,Ogu Omede,CE Omuemu,Ohene Opare-Sem,Anne Øvrehus,Shirley Owusu-Ofori,Tsendsuren S. Oyunsuren,George V. Papatheodoridis,Ken Pasini,Kevork M. Peltekian,Richard Phillips,N. N. Pimenov,Hossein Poustchi,Nishi Prabdial-Sing,Huma Qureshi,Alnoor Ramji,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Berhane Redae,Henk W. Reesink,Ezequiel Ridruejo,Sarah Robbins,Lewis R. Roberts,Stuart K. Roberts,William Rosenberg,Françoise Roudot-Thoraval,Stephen D. Ryder,Rifaat Safadi,Olga Sagalova,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,Juan F.Sanchez Avila,Vivek A. Saraswat,Rui Sarmento-Castro,Christoph Sarrazin,Jonathan Schmelzer,Ivan Schréter,Carole Seguin-Devaux,Samir Shah,Ala I. Sharara,Manik Sharma,Anatoly Shevaldin,Gamal Shiha,William Sievert,Mark W. Sonderup,Kyriakos Souliotis,Danute Speiciene,Jan Sperl,Peter Stärkel,Rudolf E. Stauber,Catherine A.M. Stedman,Daniel Struck,Tung-Hung Su,Vana Sypsa,Soek Siam Tan,Junko Tanaka,Alexander J. Thompson,Ieva Tolmane,Krzysztof Tomasiewicz,Jonas Valantinas,Pierre Van Damme,Adriaan J. van der Meer,Ingo van Thiel,Hans Van Vlierberghe,Adriana Vince,Wolfgang Vogel,Heiner Wedemeyer,Nina Weis,Vincent Ws Wong,Cesar Yaghi,Ayman Yosry,Man-Fung Yuen,Evy Yunihastuti,Aasim Yusuf,Eli Zuckerman,Homie Razavi +221 more
TL;DR: The global estimate of viraemic HCV infections is lower than previous estimates, largely due to more recent prevalence estimates in Africa, and increased mortality due to liver-related causes and an ageing population may have contributed to a reduction in infections.
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Global change in hepatitis C virus prevalence and cascade of care between 2015 and 2020: a modelling study.
Sarah Blach,Norah A. Terrault,Frank Tacke,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Antonio Craxì,Junzo Tanaka,Imam Waked,Gregory J. Gores,Zaigham Abbas,Ayat R. Abdallah,Maheeba Abdulla,Alessio Aghemo,Inka Aho,Ulus Salih Akarca,Abduljaleel Alalwan,Marianne Alanko Blomé,Said A. Al-Busafi,Soo Aleman,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,Waleed Al-Hamoudi,Abdulrahman Aljumah,Khalid Al-Naamani,Y. Al Serkal,Ibrahim Altraif,Anil C. Anand,Motswedi Anderson,Monique Andersson,Kostas Athanasakis,Oidov Baatarkhuu,Shokhista R Bakieva,Ziv Ben-Ari,Fernando Bessone,Mia J. Biondi,Abdul Rahman Bizri,Carlos E. Brandao-Mello,Krestina Stepanovna Brigida,Kimberly A. Brown,Robert S. Brown,Philip Bruggmann,Maurizia Rossana Brunetto,Dana Busschots,Maria Buti,Maia Butsashvili,Joaquín Cabezas,Chungman Chae,Viktorija Chaloska Ivanova,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,Hugo Cheinquer,Ken Cheng,Myeong-Eun Cheon,Cheng-Hung Chien,Rong-Nan Chien,Gourdas Choudhuri,P. R. Christensen,Wan-Long Chuang,Vladimir Chulanov,Laura Cisneros,Barbara Coco,Fernando Contreras,Markus Cornberg,Matthew E. Cramp,Javier Crespo,Fuqiang Cui,Chris Cunningham,Lucy Dagher Abou,Olav Dalgard,Doan Y. Dao,Victor de Ledinghen,Moutaz Derbala,Keshab Deuba,K. K. Dhindsa,Samsuridjal Djauzi,Sylvia Drazilova,Ann-Sofi Duberg,Mohammed E. Elbadri,Manal H El-Sayed,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Sameera Ezzat,Martti Färkkilä,Laurent Ferradini,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,Tajana Filipec Kanizaj,Robert Flisiak,Sona Frankova,James Fung,Amiran Gamkrelidze,Edward Gane,Virginia Guerrero-García,Javier García-Samaniego,Manik Gemilyan,Jordan Genov,Liana Gheorghe,Pierre Gholam,Adrian Goldis,Magnus Gottfredsson,Richard Gray,Jason Grebely,Michael Gschwantler,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Saeed Hamid,Waseem Hamoudi,Angelos Hatzakis,Margaret Hellard,Sayed Himatt,Harald Hofer,Irena Hrstić,Béla Hunyady,Petr Husa,Azra Husic-Selimovic,Wasim Jafri,Martin Janicko,Naveed Z. Janjua,Peter Jarcuska,Jerzy Jaroszewicz,Anna Jerkeman,Agita Jeruma,Jidong Jia,Jon G. Jonasson,Martin Kåberg,Kelly Kaita,Kulpash S Kaliaskarova,Jia-Horng Kao,Omor Kasymov,Angela Kelly-Hanku,Faryal Khamis,Jawad Khamis,Aamir G. Khan,Lekey Khandu,Ibtissam Khoudri,Knut Kielland,Do Young Kim,N. Kodjoh,Loreta A. Kondili,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Pavol Kristian,Jisoo A. Kwon,Martin Lagging,Wim Laleman,Wai-cheung C Lao,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Hernández Lázaro,Jeffrey V. Lazarus,Alice Lee,Mei Hsuan Lee,Michael K. K. Li,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,Arthur Löve,Boris Lukšić,S. M. Machekera,Abraham O. Malu,Rui Tato Marinho,Mojca Matičič,Hailemichael Desalegn Mekonnen,Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa,Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,Shahin Merat,Berhan Meshesha,Håvard Midgard,Mike Mills,Rosmawati Mohamed,E Mooneyhan,Christophe Moreno,David H. Muljono,Beat Müllhaupt,Erkin Musabaev,Gaëtan Muyldermans,Yvonne Ayerki Nartey,Marcelo Contardo Moscoso Naveira,Francesco Negro,Alexander Nersesov,Richard Njouom,Renovat Ntagirabiri,Zuridin Nurmatov,Solomon Obekpa,Stephen Oguche,S. Olafsson,Janus P. Ong,Ohene Opare-Sem,Mauricio Orrego,Anne Øvrehus,Calvin Q. Pan,George V. Papatheodoridis,Markus Peck-Radosavljevic,Mario G. Pessoa,Richard Phillips,N. N. Pimenov,Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska,Nishi Prabdial-Sing,Pankaj Puri,Huma Qureshi,Aninda Rahman,Alnoor Ramji,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Ezequiel Ridruejo,Cielo Yaneth Ríos-Hincapie,Seema Rizvi,Geert Robaeys,Lewis R. Roberts,Stuart K. Roberts,Stephen D. Ryder,Shakhlo Sadirova,Umar Saeed,Rifaat Safadi,Olga Sagalova,Sanaa Said,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,Juan Francisco Sánchez-Ávila,Vivek A. Saraswat,Christoph Sarrazin,Gulya Sarybayeva,Carole Seguin-Devaux,Ala I. Sharara,Mahdi Sheikh,Abate B. Shewaye,William Sievert,Kaarlo Simojoki,Marieta Y Simonova,Mark W. Sonderup,C Wendy Spearman,Jan Sperl,Rudolf E. Stauber,Catherine A.M. Stedman,Tung-Hung Su,A. Suleiman,Vana Sypsa,Natalia Tamayo Antabak,Soek Siam Tan,Tammo L. Tergast,P. Thurairajah,Ieva Tolmane,Krzysztof Tomasiewicz,Maia Tsereteli,Benjamin Uzochukwu,David A. M. C. van de Vijver,Daniela K van Santen,Hans Van Vlierberghe,Berend J. van Welzen,Thomas Vanwolleghem,Patricia Vélez‐Möller,Federico G. Villamil,Adriana Vince,Yasir Waheed,Nina Weis,Vincent Wai-Sun Wong,Cesar Yaghi,Kakharman Yesmembetov,Ayman Yosry,Man-Fung Yuen,Evy Yunihastuti,Stefan Zeuzem,Eli Zuckerman,Homie Razavi +257 more
TL;DR: In this article , a literature review, Delphi process, and mathematical modelling were used to estimate hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence (viraemic infection, defined as HCV RNA-positive cases) and the cascade of care among people of all ages (age ≥ 0 years from birth) for the period between Jan 1, 2015 and Dec 31, 2030.
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Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in selected countries
Philip Bruggmann,Thomas Berg,Anne Øvrehus,Christophe Moreno,C. E. Brandão Mello,Françoise Roudot-Thoraval,Rui Tato Marinho,Morris Sherman,Stephen D. Ryder,Jan Sperl,Ulus Salih Akarca,İsmail Balik,Florian Bihl,Marc Bilodeau,Antonio Javier Blasco,Maria Buti,Filipe Calinas,Jose Luis Calleja,Hugo Cheinquer,Peer Brehm Christensen,Mette Rye Clausen,Henrique Sérgio Moraes Coelho,Markus Cornberg,Matthew E. Cramp,Gregory J. Dore,Wahid Doss,Ann-Sofi Duberg,Manal H El-Sayed,Gül Ergör,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Karolin Falconer,J. Félix,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,S. Frankova,Javier García-Samaniego,Jan Gerstoft,José Giria,Fernando L. Gonçales,E. Gower,Michael Gschwantler,M Guimarães Pessôa,Christophe Hézode,Harald Hofer,Petr Husa,Ramazan Idilman,Martin Kåberg,Kelly Kaita,Achim Kautz,Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Wim Laleman,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Lázaro,Paul Marotta,S. Mauss,M. C. Mendes Correa,Beat Müllhaupt,Robert P. Myers,Francesco Negro,Vratislav Nemecek,Necati Örmeci,J Parkes,Kevork M. Peltekian,Kevork M. Peltekian,Alnoor Ramji,Homie Razavi,N. Reis,Stuart K. Roberts,William Rosenberg,Rui Sarmento-Castro,Christoph Sarrazin,David Semela,Gamal Shiha,William Sievert,Peter Stärkel,Rudolf E. Stauber,Alexander J. Thompson,Petr Urbánek,I. van Thiel,H. Van Vlierberghe,D. Vandijck,D. Vandijck,D. Vandijck,Wolfgang Vogel,Imam Waked,Heiner Wedemeyer,Nina Weis,Johannes Wiegand,Ayman Yosry,Amany Zekry,P. Van Damme,Soo Aleman,Soo Aleman,S. J. Hindman +96 more
TL;DR: In most countries, prevalence rates were higher among males, reflecting higher rates of injection drug use, and Diagnosis, treatment and transplant levels also differed considerably between countries.
The state of hepatitis B and C in Europe: report from the hepatitis B and C summit conference*
Angelos Hatzakis,Suzanne Wait,Jordi Bruix,Maria Buti,M. Carballo,M. Cavaleri,Massimo Colombo,Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau,G.M. Dusheiko,Gamal Esmat,Rafael Esteban,David J. Goldberg,Charles Gore,Anna S.F. Lok,Michael Manns,Patrick Marcellin,George V. Papatheodoridis,A. Peterle,Daniele Prati,N. Piorkowsky,Mario Rizzetto,F. Roudot-Thoraval,Vincent Soriano,Howard C. Thomas,Mark Thursz,Dominique Valla,P. Van Damme,Irene K. Veldhuijzen,H. Wedemeyer,Lucas Wiessing,A.R. Zanetti,H L A Janssen +31 more
TL;DR: For both HBV and HCV, screening of individuals who present a high risk of contracting the virus is critical given the asymptomatic, and thereby silent, nature of disease.
Screening and Treatment Program to Eliminate Hepatitis C in Egypt
Imam Waked,Gamal Esmat,Aisha Elsharkawy,Magdy El-Serafy,Wael Abdel-Razek,Reham Ghalab,Galal Elshishiney,Aysam Salah,Soad Abdel Megid,Khaled Kabil,Manal H El-Sayed,Hany Dabbous,Yehia El Shazly,Mohamed Abo Sliman,Khalid Abou Hashem,Sayed Abdel Gawad,Nevine El Nahas,Ahmed El Sobky,Sahar El Sonbaty,Hamdy El Tabakh,Ehab Emad,Hany Gemeah,Amal Hashem,Mohamed Hassany,Naseif Hefnawy,Abdel N Hemida,Ayman Khadary,Kamal Labib,Faisal Mahmoud,Said Mamoun,Tamer Marei,Saad Mekky,Alsayeda Meshref,Alaa Othman,Omnia Ragab,Elhag Ramadan,Ahmed Rehan,Tarek Saad,Ramy Saeed,Mohamed Sharshar,Hesham Shawky,Mohamed Shawky,Wael Shehata,Hanaa Soror,Mohsen Taha,Mahmoud Talha,Adel Tealaab,Mohamed Zein,Alaa Hashish,Ahmed Cordie,Yasser Omar,Ehab Kamal,Islam Ammar,Mohamed S. Hashim AbdAlla,Wafaa El Akel,Wahid Doss,Hala Zaid +56 more
TL;DR: A massive hepatitis C screening and treatment program was initiated in Egypt in 2018, with the goal of eliminating the virus from the country.
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