Table 4.

Prevalence of HCV Infection in End Stage Renal Disease Patients in Various Indian Studies.

Author	Place	Year	Total no. of patients	Patients with HCV infection (%)	Method
Salunkhe2	Lucknow	1992	31	45%	anti-C100-3 antibody assay
Chadha3	Pune	1993		12.1%
Sumathy4	South India	1993		37.5%
Arankalle5 VA	Pune	1995	57	24.5%	3rd Gen RIBA
Jaiswal SP6	Indore	1996	105	41.9%	Ant HCV ELISA
Gosavi7	Mumbai	1997	72	27.8%	Anti HCV 2nd Gen ELISA
Agrawal SK8	Delhi	1999	69	42%
Chandra M9	Hyderabad	2004	256	46%	Anti HCV ELISA and HCV RNA
Reddy10	Hyderabad	2005	151	13.23%	Anti HCV & HCVcAg by ELISA
Medhi11	Delhi	2008	250	17.2%	Anti HCV & HCVcAg by ELISA
Jasuja12	Delhi	2009	119	27.7%	HCV PCR