Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection in district Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Javid Khan, Hameed Ur Rehman, Umar Zeb, Maqsood Qaisar, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Mujaddad Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ayub Jadoon, Akhlaq Hussain, Jalal Ud din, Rasool Bayan and Haleema Sadia
The aim of the research work was to find out the Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Infection in District Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. During the present study about 790 blood samples were collected from Hepatitis B & C patients along with their information, sex and marital status through an interview. Out of 790 patients, a total 501(125.37%) patients were found positive for HBV and HCV. Among these 414 (104.58%) and 87(20.79%) were positive for HBV and HCV respectively. From the above study, it may be concluded that HBV is dominant over HCV in district Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Javid Khan, Hameed Ur Rehman, Umar Zeb, Maqsood Qaisar, Muhammad Azeem Khan, Mujaddad Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ayub Jadoon, Akhlaq Hussain, Jalal Ud din, Rasool Bayan, Haleema Sadia. Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection in district Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. J Entomol Zool Stud 2017;5(1):86-88.