Table 1.

Prevalence of HBV in general population, young recruits and prisoners.

Population type	Region	Methods	Population size	HBV (%)	HBV marker	Reference
General population	Lahore	ELISA	992	8.06%	HBsAg	Nafees et al. [10] 2009
	Larkana	ICT, ELISA	200	4.8%	HBsAg	Shaikh et al. [11] 2009
	Lahore	ICT	203	2.46	HBsAg	Tanveer et al. [12] 2008
	Karachi	ICT, ELISA.	4000	4.5%	HBsAg	Noorali et al. [7] 2008
	Southern Punjab	ICT/ELISA	1821	5.9%	HBsAg	Mirza et al. [13] 2007
	Karachi	ICT, ELISA and PCR.	3820	4.5%	HBsAg & DNA	Hakim et al. [8] 2008
	Islamabad	AxSym HBsAg, CORE& AUSAB MEIA	1300	4%	HBsAg, anti HBs, anti HBc	Alam et al. [6] 2007
	Central Punjab	ICT, ELISA	2038	4.83%	HBsAg	Alam et al. [14] 2006
	Rawalpindi	ELISA	665	3%	HBsAg	Farooq et al. [15] 2005
	Lahore	ICT	757	2.6%	HBsAg	Amin et al. [16] 2004
	Karachi	ICT, ELISA	200	3%	HBsAg	Qasmi et al. [17] 2000
Recruitments	Rural Areas of Pakistan	ICT, ELISA	3320	4.5%	HBsAg	Azam et al. [18] 2009
	Interior Sindh	ICT, ELISA	5237	7.39%	HBsAg	Malik et al. [19] 2008
	Recruits from all over Pakistan	ICT, ELISA	2558	2.8%	HBsAg	Sherif & Tariq, [20] 2006
	Mardan	ICT, ELISA	15550	3.24%	HBsAg	Mirza et al. [21] 2006
	All areas of Pakistan	ICT, ELISA	4552	4.2%	HBsAg	Hussain et al. [22]2005
	All areas of Pakistan	ICT, ELISA	5371	3.53%	HBsAg	Ali et al. [23] 2002
Prisoners	Karachi	ELISA	365	5.9%	HBs Ag	Kazi et al. [24] 2010
	Bahawalpur	ICT, ELISA	2086	5.6%	HBs Ag	Fayyaz et al.[25] 2006

ELISA: Enzume linked immunosorbant assay; HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen; ICT: Immuno-chromatographic Test, MEIA: Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay, HBsAg: hepatitis B surface antigen