Muhammad Ali Khan, Agha Shabbir Ali, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Farzana Mir, Said Ul Haque.
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B in children.
Pak Paed J Jan ;22(2):75-7.

This Community based study was carried out at Children`s Hospital and Institute of Child Health Lahore from July 1996 to September 1996. 392 children with age range of 0.5 to 15 years were included in this study. Their sera were tested for HBsAg by reverse passive hemagglutination technique (RPHA) and positive were reconfirmed be ELISA method. 8/392 samples were positive for HBsAg both by RPHA and ELISA method giving a prevalence rate of 2.04%. All 8/392 cases were asymptomatic carriers.

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