HBV Burden on Population, a Comparative Study between Two Districts Mardan and Charsadda of KPK, Pakistan

The purpose of this study is to check out the spread rate of Hepatitis B Virus in the districts of Mardan and Charsadda, KPK Pakistan. As we know that Hepatitis results in damaging liver tissues, so it is one of the serious threats to the human health across the world. Hepatitis can give rise to acute and chronic infection which give rise to Liver cancer or Liver cirrhosis. It may be transfer from one person to another. Its transmission routs are oral, fecal and parental. The purpose of this paper is to check and judge health condition. Blood serum was collected from Mardan Medical Complex, Mardan and District Head Quarter, Charsadda. The paper was design to calculate anti-HBV antibody positive patients with ICT(immune-chromatography technique)based detection among various patients in MMC Mardan and DHQ hospital Charsada and from various regions of Mardan and Charsadda, KPK Pakistan.  Total of 10852 patients of HBV in Charsadda and 14168 patients of HBV in Mardan. The blood samples were collected from Oct 2017 to May 2018 from both districts of KPK. The method for testing blood sample was ICT (immune chromatography technique). Our study about 10852 patients in district Charsadda who were at the risk of HBV infection, 103 were screened positive with the prevalence ratio of 0.949%. On the other hand, 14168 patients`s samples were collected in district Mardan, among them 149 were detected positive and ratio of prevalence is 1.051%. According to the above study the ratio of prevalence is lower in Charsadda as compare to Mardan