Female Genital Cutting and Hepatitis C Spread in Egypt

Figure 1

(a) Association between HCV prevalence and FGC prevalence in six areas in Egypt (Pearson 𝑅²—74%; 𝑃<0.0001). The line represents the least squares linear fit through the data. (b) Prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) (from EDHS 2008) and HCV (from Ismail et al.) [5] by year.

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