Abstract
Incidence of Hepatitis C virus infection in Swat District, Pakistan: a preliminary study
Highlights
Swat and find the associated risk factors with them
Introduction virus, acute HCV infection can progress to Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne chronic diseases [2], which is associated with pathogen and a significant global health several morbidities, such as liver cirrhosis concern [1]
Screening of patient's plasma for HCV antibodies by immune chromatographic (ICT) method The presence of antibodies to HCV in the blood samples of individuals was tested by the quick method known as HCV rapid test strip
Summary
Swat and find the associated risk factors with them. A total of 500 blood samples (n=500) were collected randomly from the general population of the Swat region from November 2016 to June. The incidence of HCV infection was similar in male and female patients (11.8% vs.10.9%, X2=0.27, OR=0.83; P-value 0.37). Young people were significantly more infected than those aged one (16.9% vs.9.8%, X2=, OR=4, P value>0.05). Patients with a blood transfusion history were more infected than others (24.1%vs 10.7, X2=4.9 OR=3.9 P value=0.03).
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