1 |
Lahore |
538 |
Pediatric population |
6.7% |
ELISA |
Parker et al. (1999)PARKER, S.P., KHAN, H.I. and CUBITT, W.D., 1999. Detection of antibodies to hepatitis C virus in dried blood spot samples from mothers and their offspring in Lahore, Pakistan. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 2061-2063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.37.6.2061-2063.1999. PMid:10325381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.37.6.2061-...
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2 |
Rawalpindi |
103858 |
blood donors |
3.91% |
ELISA |
Khattak et al. (2002)KHATTAK, M.F., SALAMAT, N., BHATTI, F.A. and QURESHI, T.Z., 2002. Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, C and HIV in blood donors in northern Pakistan. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 398-402. PMid:12532573.
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3 |
Quetta/Lahore |
351 |
injection drug users |
88% |
ELISA |
Kuo et al. (2006)KUO, I., UL-HASAN, S., GALAI, N., THOMAS, D.L., ZAFAR, T., AHMED, M.A. and STRATHDEE, S.A., 2006. High HCV seroprevalence and HIV drug use risk behaviors among injection drug users in Pakistan. Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-3-26. PMid:16914042. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-3-26...
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4 |
Karachi |
4000 |
healthy female |
4.5-14% |
ELISA/PCR |
Hakim et al. (2008)HAKIM, S.T., KAZMI, S.U. and BAGASRA, O., 2008. Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C genotypes among young apparently healthy females of Karachi-Pakistan. The Libyan Journal of Medicine, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 66-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v3i2.4760. PMid:21499460. http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v3i2.4760...
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5 |
Sindh |
5345 |
blood donors |
7.5% |
PCR |
Mujeeb and Pearce (2008)MUJEEB, S.A. and PEARCE, M.S., 2008. Temporal trends in hepatitis B and C infection in family blood donors from interior Sindh, Pakistan. BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-43. PMid:18402660. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-43...
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6 |
Lahore |
245 |
Blood donors |
17.78% |
PCR |
Akhtar et al. (2013)AKHTAR, A.M., KHAN, M.A., IJAZ, T., IQBAL, Z., RANA, M.Y., MAQBOOL, A. and REHMAN, A., 2013. Seroprevalence and determinants of hepatitis-C Virus infection in blood donors of Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 1-7.
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7 |
Peshawar |
982 |
General population |
12.93% |
CMIA |
Ilyas and Ahmad (2014)ILYAS, M. and AHMAD, I., 2014. Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay based detection and prevalence of HCV infection in district Peshawar Pakistan. Virology Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-11-127. PMid:25016473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-11-1...
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8 |
Islamabad |
215 |
Hemophilic patients |
36% |
ELISA |
Asif et al. (2009)ASIF, N., ZAFAR, T., HASSAN, K. and NASEEM, L., 2009. Seroprevalence anti HCV antibodies, HCV-RNA and its genotypes among patients of hemophilia, at Hemophilia Treatment Centre Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad. International Journal of Pathology, vol. 7, pp. 84-87.
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9 |
Bahawalpur |
2239 |
Blood donors |
6.7% |
ELISA |
Bhatti et al. (2017)BHATTI, K.A., LASHARI, M.K. and FATIMA, H., 2017. Seroprevalence of anti HCV, Hbsag, HIV, and VDRL among donors at blood transfusion unit, THQ Hospital Ahmed Pur East, District Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. International Journal of Research, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 1623-1636.
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10 |
Hyderabad |
3078 |
Pregnant women |
4.7% |
PCR |
Bibi et al. (2013)BIBI, S., DARS, S., ASHFAQ, S., ARA QAZI, R. and AKHUND, S., 2013. Seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in pregnant women attending public sector tertiary care hospital in Hyderabad Sindh. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 505-508. http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.292.3211. PMid:24353565. http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.292.3211...
|
11 |
Islamabad |
1977 |
Hospital-based patients |
8.24% |
ELISA |
Rana et al. (2020)RANA, N.A., MUNIR, B., HUSSAIN, N., IMTIAZ, N., GONDAL, A. and PARVAIZ, F., 2020. Seroprevalence, biochemical investigation and risk factor assessment for HBV & HCV Infection in Hospital Based Patients of Islamabad, Pakistan. Journal of Bioresource Management, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.35691/JBM.0202.0127. http://dx.doi.org/10.35691/JBM.0202.0127...
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12 |
Rawalpindi |
673 |
Clinical visitor |
30.01% |
Questionnaire data |
Jamil et al. (2020)JAMIL, Z., WAHEED, Y., AHSAN, O., NAJMI, M.H. and YOUSUF, H., 2020. Familial Clustering of Hepatitis C Virus in Pakistani Population. Journal of Medical Virology, vol. 92, no. 12, pp. 3499-3506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25926. PMid:32320089. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25926...
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13 |
Panjab |
8,353 |
local community |
79.6% |
PCR |
Zafar et al. (2018)ZAFAR, A., IMRAN, M., ZAHOOR, S., SHAH, Z.H., ALI, M. and AFZAL, M.S., 2018. Prevalence and treatment of untypable HCV variants in different districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Viral Immunology, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 426-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vim.2017.0167. PMid:29920175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vim.2017.0167...
|
14 |
Islamabad |
160,376 |
General population |
3.26% |
cross-sectional |
Zaheer et al. (2014)ZAHEER, H.A., SAEED, U., WAHEED, Y., KARIMI, S. and WAHEED, U., 2014. Prevalence and trends of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency viruses among blood donors in Islamabad, Pakistan 2005-2013. Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion, vol. 5, no. 6, 1000217.
|
15 |
Peshawar |
1978 |
General population |
6.21% |
ICT/ PCR |
Kumar et al. (2017)KUMAR, T., AHMAD, N., HAYAT, M.K., GAO, B.-X., FAISAL, S., ILAHI, N., ALI, B., ZADA, S. and SAJJAD, W., 2017. Prevalence and genotypic distribution of hepatitis C virus in Peshawar KPK, Pakistan. Hayati Journal of Biosciences, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 22-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hjb.2017.04.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hjb.2017.04....
|
16 |
Swat |
185 |
infected patients |
62.16% |
PCR |
Inamullah et al. (2011)INAMULLAH, I., IDREES, M., AHMED, H., ALI, M., ALI, L. and AHMED, A., 2011. Hepatitis C virus genotypes circulating in district Swat of Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, Pakistan. Virology Journal, vol. 8, pp. 16. PMid:21235746.
|
17 |
Mardan |
1419 |
Clinical/hospitalize |
8.52% |
ICT/PCR |
Ali et al. (2014)ALI, S., AHMAD, A., KHAN, R.S., KHAN, S., HAMAYUN, M., KHAN, S.A., IQBAL, A., KHAN, A.A., WADOOD, A., UR RAHMAN, T. and BAIG, A.H., 2014. Genotyping of HCV RNA reveals that 3a is the most prevalent genotype in mardan, pakistan. Advances in Virology, vol. 2014, 606201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/606201. PMid:24715902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/606201...
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18 |
Sindh |
31560 |
The rural area of Sindh |
13.67% |
ELISA/PCR |
Bhatti and Manzoor (2016)BHATTI, S. and MANZOOR, S., 2016. Molecular epidemiology and clinical features of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in epidemic areas of Interior Sindh, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1279-1282. http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.325.10429. PMid:27882036. http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.325.1042...
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