208 Hepatitis C in Pakistan Table 4. Sero-Prevalence of HCV in Liver Disease. Author Year Place Cirrhosis Malik 1992 Northern Areas 24 Malik 1995 Rawalpindi 220 Makki 1995 Karachi 67 Hussain 1998 Lahore 50 Farooqi & Farooqi 1998 Peshawar 410 Umar et al. 1999 Rawalpindi 120 Mahmood et al. 1999 Karachi 202 Liaqat 2000 Karachi 250 Shah et al. 2002 Islamabad 108 Iqbal 2002 Peshawar 100 Khan 2002 Lahore 94 Farooqi & Kahan 2002 Swat 55 Khurram 2003 Rawalpindi 142 Mashud et al. 2004 DI Khan 60 Total 1902 Number Table 5. Sero-Prevalence of HCV in Hepato-cellular Carcinoma and Acute/Chronic Hepatitis. Number Anti HCV (%) Reference Rawalpindi Rawalpindi Islamabad Lahore Lahore Islamabad Islamabad Hazara Larkana Rawalpindi Hyderabad 45 105 108 100 104 323 354 614 1,074 97 510 3144 Place Karachi Rawalpindi Karachi Peshawar Rawalpindi Islamabad Karachi Faisalabad Hyderabad Karachi Lahore Rawalpindi Jamshoro Islamabad Islamabad Abbotabad Anti HCV (%) Reference 13.3 (38) 48.0 (39) 10.5 (40) 52.0 (14) 43.9 (42) 58.0 (43) 37.7 (44) 43.0 (45) 79.6 (46) 41.0 (47) 68.0 (56) 59.0 (49) 34.1 (50) 13.3 (125) 44.9 (95% CI = 42.6 – 47.2) 13.3 (39) 22.0 (52) 29.6 (53) 65.0 (94) 43.3 (55) 28.7 (56) 86.0 (51) 40.8 (57) 51.0 (69) 68.1 (58) 59.0 (59) 52.9 ( 95% CI : 51.1 – 54.7) 24.0 25.0 33.0 67.9 54.0 67.0 43.0 66.4 52.0 51.2 6.4 70.0 9.0 86.0 79.6 40.8 Chronic Liver Disease Malik Tong et al. Sultana et al. Younas et al. Tahir et al. Khan et al. Khokhar Khan Shaikh Bakhtiari et al. Wazir et al. Author Makki Malik Hepato cellular Carcinoma Mujeeb et al. Farooqi & Farooqi Mumtaz et al. Khokhar et al. Siddiqui Bilal Almani et al. Abbas et al. Acute /Chronic Hepatitis Haider et al. Umer Almani et al. Khokhar Shah et al. Khan et al. 1995 1996 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 Total Year 1991 1995 1997 2000 2001 2003 2005 2006 2008 2008 1994 1999 2002 2002 2002 2003 Total Total Hepatitis Monthly, Summer 2010; 10(3): 205-214 25 64 54 56 44 67 100 100 100 129 739 94 710 100 354 108 614 (40) (39) (60) (42) (61) (72) (36) (74) (64) (65) (79) (67) (112) (51) (115) (57) 50.6 (95% CI =46.9 – 54.3) 1980 58.2 (95% CI =55.9 – 60.4)