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Table 1 Prevalence of anti HCV and HCV RNA among the blood donors of KPK and FATA region of Pakistan

From: Prevalence of active HCV infection among the blood donors of Khyber Pakhtunkwa and FATA region of Pakistan and evaluation of the screening tests for anti-HCV

MONTH

DONORS

Anti HCV (ICT+)

Anti HCV (ELISA+)

Real-time PCR+ cases

JANUARY

974

34

21

20

FEBRUARY

1013

44

13

12

MARCH

972

23

15

14

APRIL

938

22

14

13

MAY

936

23

21

20

JUN

1095

25

18

18

JULY

673

23

12

11

AUGUST

547

30

11

10

8

7148

224 (3.13%)

135 (1.89%)

118(1.65%)