FREQUENCY AND RISK FACTORS FOR CHORONIC HCV IINFECTION:A COMMUNITY BASED STUDY

Abstract

Objectives: It was a community based, cross sectional study undertaken to access the frequency of HCV infection and to find out risk factor accociated with its spread.. Results: The frequency of HCV was found to be 53.6%.The most important risk factore associated with the transmission of HCV infection was unsafe injection therapy with contaminated equipment.

Keywords

• Enzyme linked immunosorbant assey (ELISA)
• Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
• Prevalence
• Polymerized chain reation(PCR)
• Risk Factors