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. 2015 Jan 6;5(1):43–48. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1129

Table 3: Hepatits B virus and HCV in Pakistan3,15,16,24

     HBsAg+(%)      Anti-HCV+     
Healthy children      1.9-3.6      0.4-1.4     
Healthy adult recruits in      3-7.3      2.2-5.2     
armed forces               
Blood donors      0.8-5.8      0.2-6.5     
Healthy adults/      2.2-11.9      2.1-13.5     
general population               
Pregnant women      1.6-12      3.2-18.2     
Spouses of index patients      —      4.3-5.1     
Healthcare workers      2.4-20      4-10     
Commercial sex workers      11.6      12.3     
Thalassemia/hemophilia      4-8.4      25-56.8     
Dialysis      6.9-12.4      20-24.7     
Chronic liver disease      10-46.67      40-86.0     
Hepatocellular carcinoma      25.35      57.99