Gul Nasreen, Sarwar Javed, Idris Muhammad, Farid Jamila, Rizvi Farhat, Suleman Muhammad, Shah Syed Humayun
Department of Pathology, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2009 Oct-Dec;21(4):83-6.
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), the causative agent of Hepatitis C is prevalent in different countries including Pakistan. Studies have been conducted on various aspects of HCV in Pakistan. The present study was planed to see the prevalence of hepatitis C in pregnant females of Hazara Division.
Five hundred pregnant females of reproductive age group from Hazara Division selected by non probability convenient sampling technique were studied from 1st March 2006 to 28th February 2007 at Ayub Teaching Hospital, and District Headquarter Hospitals Abbottabad, Haripur and Mansehra. After initial serving by immunology technique positive cases were confirmed by Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Essay (ELISA).
Seroprevalence of HCV in pregnant females of Hazara division was 8.9%. Females aged from 25-35 constituted the largest group among positive cases. HCV was more prevalent in District Abbottabad as compared to the other districts of Hazara division.
Seroprevalence of HCV in pregnant females of Hazara Division is different from the figures already reported form the other parts of Pakistan.
丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）是丙型肝炎的病原体，在包括巴基斯坦在内的不同国家都很普遍。巴基斯坦已针对HCV的各个方面开展了研究。本研究旨在了解哈扎拉地区孕妇中丙型肝炎的患病率。
采用非概率方便抽样技术，选取了来自哈扎拉地区500名育龄期孕妇，于2006年3月1日至2007年2月28日在阿尤布教学医院以及阿伯塔巴德、哈里普尔和曼塞赫拉地区总部医院进行研究。通过免疫技术初步筛查后，阳性病例采用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）进行确诊。
哈扎拉地区孕妇中HCV血清阳性率为8.9%。年龄在25至35岁之间的女性在阳性病例中占比最大。与哈扎拉地区的其他地区相比，HCV在阿伯塔巴德地区更为普遍。
哈扎拉地区孕妇中HCV的血清阳性率与巴基斯坦其他地区已报告的数据不同。
