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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus in urban ghettos of twin cities
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume 44, No. 4, Year 2012
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The present study was undertaken to identify the factors that are involved in the spread of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the low socioeconomic regions of the "twin cities" (Rawalpindi and Islamabad) in Pakistan. For this purpose the presence of HCV RNA was analyzed in 503 blood samples collected at random along with the demographic data. The study revealed an unusually high prevalence of HCV RNA in Rawalpindi (17%) vs. Islamabad (4%). Factors considered to be higher risk for HCV spread did not appear as significant to explain this difference, including blood transfusion, therapeutic injections, dental, hospital, barber, and beauty salon visits, skin piercing, tattooing, and needle stick injuries. These data highlight the urgent need to understand other unknown risk factors operating in poor urban ghettos associated with HCV spread to slow down and/or prevent its epidemic spread worldwide. © 2012 Zoological Society of Pakistan.
Authors & Co-Authors
Satti, Rubab
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Mustafa, Farah
Pakistan, Islamabad
Comsats University Islamabad
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Khan, Muhammad Imran
Pakistan, Islamabad
Comsats University Islamabad
Haq, Tahmina Sultana
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Khan, Ziad Umar
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Zubair, Muhammad
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Rasool, Sahibzada T.
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Azam, Maleeha S.
Pakistan, Islamabad
Comsats University Islamabad
Ajmal, Muhammad
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Pakistan, Islamabad
Comsats University Islamabad
Qamar, Raheel
Pakistan, Islamabad
Shifa College of Medicine
Pakistan, Islamabad
Comsats University Islamabad
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
ISSN:
00309923
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study