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. 2016 Jan 28;22(4):1684–1700. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i4.1684

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]
1

Nobis Labordiagnostica, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;

2

Acon Laboratories, CA, United States;

3

Bionike Inc. CA, United States;

4

Abbott Diagnostics, IL, United States;

5

DSI, srl. Saronno VA, Italy;

6

Roche Diagnostics, CA, United States;

7

DiaSorin International Inc., Saluggia, Italy;

8

Accurate Diagnostic Labs, NJ, United States;

9

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