Seroprevalence Of Anti HCV, Hbsag, HIV, And VDRL Among Donors At Blood Transfusion Unit, THQ Hospital Ahmed Pur East, District Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.

Abstract

:Pakistan's annual blood requirement is approximately 1.5 million bags, with 40% of the demand being met by the public sector. Hepatitis B virus has recently been recognized as a universally established health challenge due to its worldwide distribution, complications and chronic persistence. Hepatitis C virus was first identified in 1988 [1] . Pakistan has one of the world’s highest fertility rates, exceeding four children per woman [2] . The major modes of HCV transmission in Pakistan are use of contaminated needles and instruments in medical practice, unsafe blood