TY - JOUR AU - Baig, Sohail AU - Siddiqi, Naila Masood AU - Shaikh, Imran Ali PY - 2015/01/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPES IN PATIENTS ATTENDING LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JAMSHORO/HYDERABAD JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 28 IS - 4 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1626 SP - AB - <p>Objective: To assess the frequency of different genotypes of Hepatitis C virusin patients attending Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) Jamshoro Sindh.</p><p>Methodology: This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at Departmentof Medicine at Liaquat University hospital Jamshoro from June to December 2012. A total of 107 patients with Hepatitis C fulfilling the selectioncriteria and with informed consent were included in the study. Blood sampleswere taken from patients for HCV genotyping. A qualified pathologist performedHCV genotyping.</p><p>Results: Total 107 patients of Hepatitis C were selected by non probabilityconsecutive sampling. Mean age was 36.58 ± 10.5 years. Fifty six (52.3%)were male and fifty one (47.7%) were female. The commonest genotype wasgenotype 3 (72.9%) followed by genotype 2 (18.7%), genotype 1 (7.5%) andgenotype 4 (0.9%). The commonest HCV genotype 3 subtype was subtype a(73.8%) followed by subtype b (25.2%) and subtype c (0.9%).</p><p>Conclusion: HCV genotype 3 with distribution frequency of 72.9% and subtypea with distribution frequency of 73.8% were the commonest in our studypopulation.</p> ER -