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. 2010 Summer;10(3):205-14.
Epub 2010 Sep 1.

Hepatitis C in Pakistan: a review of available data

Muhammad Umar  1 , Hamama Tul Bushra, Masood Ahmad, Available Data, Masood Ahmad, Muhammad Khurram, Saima Usman, Mohammad Arif, Tashfeen Adam, Zahid Minhas, Adnan Arif, Abdul Naeem, Khushnud Ejaz, Zameer Butt, Muhammad Bilal
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Hepatitis C in Pakistan: a review of available data

Muhammad Umar et al. Hepat Mon. 2010 Summer.

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasingly recognized as a major health care problem, and is found frequently in Pakistani settings. In this article we reviewed published and unpublished data related to the seroepidemiology of HCV infection in Pakistan. For this article, data from 132 published studies and three unpublished data sets published/ presented between the period 1992-2008 were utilized. Data of 1,183,329 individuals were gathered. Blood donors (982,481) and the general population (178,322) constituted the majority of these subjects. The frequency of HCV infection in blood donors and in the general population was 3.0 % (95% CI: 3.0- 3.1) and 4.7 (95% CI: 4.6 -4.8), respectively. The frequency among 6,148 pregnant females was 7.3% (95% CI = 6.7 - 8.0). The frequency in healthy children ranged from 0.4 to 4.1% (95% CI = 1.4 - 2.3). Pakistani HCV serofrequency figures are significantly higher (P < 0.0001) compared to those of the corresponding populations in surrounding countries like India, Nepal, Myanmar, Iran and Afghanistan.

Keywords: Anti-HCV; Hepatitis C Virus; Pakistan; Serofrequency.

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