Prevalence of HCV among the high risk groups in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease, caused by blood borne pathogen; the Hepatitis C Virus. In this study we analyzed blood samples collected from various risk groups for the prevalence of anti-HCV and active HCV infection with the help of Immunochromtographic tests and nested PCR. The prevalence of active HCV infection among the high risk groups was 15.57% (26/167). The prevalence of HCV in individual risk groups was 15%, 28%, 8%, 14.28% and 14.28% in the case of thalassemics, dialysis, major surgery group, dental surgery group and injection drug users respectively. Our analysis reveals the fact that health care facilities in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan are contributing a great deal towards the spread of HCV infection.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Virology Journal

• Publication date

  2011-06-11

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1186/1743-422X-8-296PMID 21663685PMCID 3121710
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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