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

Table 5 Hepatitis C virus serofrequency in miscellaneous high risk population groups

S. #	Year	Place	Method	Sample Size	Seroprevalence (%)	Ref.
Health care workers
1	2008	Abbottabad	ELISA7	125	5.6	[116]
2	2011	Peshawar	ICT1	824	4.1	[115]
Prisoners
3	2010	Sindh	ELISA2	7539	12.8	[117]
4	2010	Karachi	ELISA3	357	15.2	[118]
Dialysis patients
5	2011	KPK	ICT4	25	28.0	[111]
6	2011	Peshawar	ELISA1	384	29.2	[119]
Homosexual community
7	2010	Sindh	ELISA5	396	23.5	[120]
Vertical transmission
8	2011	Karachi	ELISA6	129	3.9	[102]

¹Acurate Diagnostics;

²Medical Biological Services, Italy;

³Abbott Diagnostics;

⁴Acon Laboratories;

⁵Biokit;

⁶DiaSorin;

⁷Manufacturer not mentioned in cited reference. KPK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; ELISA: Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; ICT: Immunochromatographic test.