Fawad Khan|Sulaiman Shams|Ihteshamud Din Qureshi|Muhammad Israr|Hamza Khan|Muhammad Tahir Sarwar|Muhammad Ilyas
Hepatitis B virus infection among different sex and age groups in Pakistani Punjab
National University of Sciences and Technology
hepatitis b virus hbv infection serious health problem developing countries including pakistan various risk factors responsible spread infectious disease prevalence hbv infection apparently suspected individual punjab province pakistan analyzed january 2008 december 2010 current study aimed investigate epidemiology risk factors hbv infection four thousand eight hundred ninety patients suffering chronic liver disease screened presence hbv dna using qualitative real time pcr methodology confirm status infection predesigned standard questionnaire filled patients included information possible risk factors total 4890 elisa positive patients screened hepatitis b virus infection 3143 positive hbv includes 6815 males 3185 females male observed frequently infected compared female positivity ratio 214 1 rate infection increases passage time course three years highest frequency infection found age 2130 3493 followed 2383 3140 1339 belonging age group 1120 year rate infection declines increasing age shown age groups 4150 1613 5160 709 children aged 010 old 60 age groups less frequently 149 165 infected respectively important risk factors contributing hbv spread include barber risk 2360 blood transfusion 404 history injection 2619 reuse syringes 2660 dental risk 1120 surgical procedure 426 among entire respondents trend sharing personal items common history injection barber risk surgery dental procedure reuse syringes appear major risk factors transmission male frequently exposed risk factors compared female similarly younger age group high rate infection compared childrens older age groups reuse syringes barber risk history injection main risk identified present study lower hbv transmission rate government take aggressive steps towards massive awareness vaccination programs decrease burden hbv punjab province pakistan