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] |
1
Acurate Diagnostics;
2
Medical Biological Services, Italy;
3
Abbott Diagnostics;
4
Acon Laboratories;
5
Biokit;
6
DiaSorin;
7
Manufacturer not mentioned in cited reference. KPK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; ELISA: Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; ICT: Immunochromatographic test.