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Prevalence of HBsAg among the Patients of Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan Pakistan

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Reviews of Progress, (February 2014)

Abstract

Aim of the current study was to find out the prevalence of HBsAg in Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. HBsAg was determined by using the Biotech kit and ELISA was performed by using thermo scientific Multiskan(R) kit. Out of 100 patients 5% patients were HBsAg positive and rest of negative. Mean age of the patients was 40.92 years which have 74% married and 26 % were unmarried. We concluded that serology test is not enough for the diagnosis of HBV. PCR HBVshould also be performed for HBsAg positive samples.

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