Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Blood Donors: Analysis of 2-years data

Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Blood Donors: Analysis of 2-years data

Authors

  • A U IJAZ
  • F SHAFIQ
  • N A TOOSI
  • M N MALIK
  • R QADEER

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v13i1.4694

Keywords:

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C. Healthy Blood Donors, Prevalence.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to know the prevalence and sex difference in the prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among healthy blood donors at Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital which is a teaching hospital situated in periphery of Lahore, admitting patients mostly from rural population. Materials and methods: All blood donors from. September 04. 04 to August 11. 06 were enrolled. Results: In total, there were 7431 donors. The over all prevalence of Hepatitis B was 1.52% and Hepatitis C was 5.34%. Conclusion: Prevalence of Hepatitis C was greater than Hepatitis B in healthy blood donors. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are nearly as prevalent in rural population of Lahore as in the urban population. Females in the rural population donated blood infrequently and data of female donors was too small to comment on sex difference between the prevalence of the two viruses.

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Published

09/22/2021

How to Cite

IJAZ, A. U. ., SHAFIQ, F. ., TOOSI, N. A. ., MALIK, M. N. ., & QADEER, R. . (2021). Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Blood Donors: Analysis of 2-years data. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 13(1), 59–61. https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v13i1.4694

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2007)

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Research Articles

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