About 3% of Pakistani population is the carrier of hepatitis B virus, and infection is growing at
a steady rate. The current study reviews the situation of HBV in the KP population …

Viral hepatitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and a rising cause for
concern in Asian countries. Weather it is blood borne or water/food borne hepatotropic virus …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of anti–
hepatitis B core antigen (HBc) and the impact of its testing along with other markers of …

Introduction: Although the prevalence of hepatitis virus infections in Pakistan is still
unknown, limited data indicate that the exposure rate to HBV is 35–38% with 4% being …

OBJECTIVE: Continued civil war and political instability in Afghanistan have lead to a huge
influx of refugees into the neighboring provinces in Pakistan. This study was conducted to …

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an etiological agent of acute and chronic liver
disease existing throughout the world. The high genetic variability of HBV genome is …

A case control study was conducted to identify the association of therapeutic injections with
acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Karachi, Pakistan. We enrolled 67 cases of acute …

Objectives: This retrospective analytical study was carried out to observe the frequency of
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among the pregnant women of Swat. Methods: The study was …

Hepatitis A is a benign infection, which in the developing world affects mainly children; the
majority of adults are immune by the age of 30. In the last decade or so, a shift in the …

To study the occurrence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients
with chronic liver disease (CLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Pakistan, blood …