Hepatitis C virus prevalence and genotype distribution in Pakistan: Comprehensive review of recent data

Table 1 Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence among healthy adult population

S. #	Year	Place	Method	Sample size			Seroprevalence (%)			Ref.
				Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2009	Lahore	ELISA9	-	-	2000	-	-	6.5	[38]
2	2009	Larkana	ICT1	353	97	450	7.37	4.12	6.66	[46]
3	2010	Swat	ICT2	290	300	590	6.2	11.3	8.81	[45]
4	2010	Mansehra	ICT2	-	-	400	-	-	7.0	[36]
5	2010	Thatta/Nausheroferoz	ICT3	-	-	303	-	-	25.1	[29]
6	2010	Karachi(peri-Urban)	EIA4	649	1348	1997	19	26	23.83	[28]
7	2010	Karachi	ICT9	351	153	504	2.8	5.23	3.17	[34]
8	2010		ELISA9							[41]
		Multan		625	-	625	9.6	-	9.6
		Lahore		1892	-	1892	9.4	-	9.4
		Faisalabad		2736	-	2736	8.8	-	8.8
		Gujranwala		16522	-	16522	7.3	-	7.3
		Gujrat		9770	-	9770	6.8	-	6.8
		Sargodha		1620	-	1620	6.7	-	6.7
		Rawalpindi		445	-	445	6.7	-	6.7
		Sialkot		24707	-	24707	6.2	-	6.2
		Bahawalpur		363	-	363	5.0	-	5.0
9	2010	Islamabad	ICT9	-	252	252	-	24.6	24.6	[40]
10	2010	Mansehra	ICT9	394	254	648	11.8	9.4	10.34	[44]
11	2010	National Survey	ICT3	24444	22599	47043	4.9	4.8	4.87	[21]
12	2011	Gujranwala	EIA5	1770	732	2502	2.6	1.68	2.32	[43]
13	2011	Karachi	CLIA6	-	-	32049	-	-	9.75	[35]
14	2012	Kech	EIA7	709	1291	2000	7.62	4.34	5.5	[26]
15	2012	Punjab	EIA7	14027	14027	-	3.13	-	3.13	[39]
16	2014	Mardan	ICT8	757	662	1419	13.6	9.52	11.7	[37]
17	2014	Peshawar	CMIA4	543	439	982	15.4	9.7	12.93	[42]

¹Nobis Labordiagnostica, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;

²Acon Laboratories, CA, United States;

³Bionike Inc. CA, United States;

⁴Abbott Diagnostics, IL, United States;

⁵DSI, srl. Saronno VA, Italy;

⁶Roche Diagnostics, CA, United States;

⁷DiaSorin International Inc., Saluggia, Italy;

⁸Accurate Diagnostic Labs, NJ, United States;

⁹Manufacturer not mentioned in cited reference. ELISA: Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; CLIA: Chemiluminescence immunoassay; ICT: Immunochromatographic test; EIA: Enzyme immunoassay; CMIA: Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay.