Aqsa Aslam, Maria Aslam, Qurat-ul Ain.
Frequency of occult hepatitis B in hemodialysis patients.
J Sharif Med Dent Coll Jan ;3(02):45-8.

Objective: To detect the frequency of occult hepatitis B among hemodialysis patients of Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Two hundred HBsAg negative hemodialysis patients were included in the study. Consecutive sampling technique was used. The blood samples of hemodialysis patients were taken from Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was performed by ELISA kit. The real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to detect HBV DNA in serum samples of 200 HBsAg negative hemodialysis patients. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Results: The mean age of the study population was 47.05+14.33 years. One twenty one (60.5%) patients were males and 79 (39.5%) were females. The mean duration of hemodialysis was 48.21+42.21 months. In our study. 96.5% (193/200) of the patients were vaccinated and 3.5% (7/200) were unvaccinated. The frequency of occult hepatitis B was zero. Conclusion: The frequency of occult hepatitis B was zero in hemodialysis patients. As most of the patients were vaccinated, it was concluded from our study that the prevalence of occult hepatitis B is low in vaccinated hemodialysis patients. Keywords: Occult hepatitis B. Hemodialysis patients. HBsAg. HBV DNA,

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