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Abstract Schistosomiasis affects about 200 milion people world wide . In Egypt , the disease conistitutes a major health problem with almost 6 million Egyptians infected.it is also significantly associated with hepatitis b and hepatitis c viral infections . It is worth nothing that , hepatitis c virus is considered the most common etiology of chronic liver disease in Egypt . Due to the wide fluctuations in the levels of transaminases in addition to the presence of pronounced histological changes in patients with normal concentrations , the need arose for a safe , non- invasive and accurate marker of liver damage. |