Muhammad Hassam Rehm
Sahiwal Medical College, Pakistan
Title: Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C virus in population of province Punjab, Pakistan
Biography
Biography: Muhammad Hassam Rehm
Abstract
Blood transfusion is generally considered safe after cross-matching the blood but there is risk of transmission of transfusion related infections. Screening for many infectious diseases is done to reduce the risk of transmission of infections to the recipients. However, with screening, an odd of catching hepatitis B and C from donated blood is 1 in 300,000 and 1 in 1.5 million respectively. The aim of the study was to determine sero-prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus in local population of province Punjab, Pakistan. This study was conducted at department for pathology and community medicine, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal, Pakistan from 2012-2017. Blood grouping was done by forward and reverse blood grouping while sera were screened for anti-HCV and HBsAg using rapid diagnostic kits.