Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in patients attending tertiary care hospital of southern Haryana, India

Abstract

To find the seroprevalence of the Hepatitis C virus infection in the patients attending SHKM GMC, Nalhar. : A retrospective study was conducted in Department of Microbiology, SHKM GMC, Nalhar. The samples were taken from 16th August 2021 to 20th July 2022. A total of 11,890 samples were taken for study and HCV infection was diagnosed using ELISA and Rapid card test.: Out of 11,890 serum samples seroprevalence of HCV infection was found to be in 0.012% of the individuals. It is concluded that Mewat has a low seroprevalence of HCV infection.