Open AccessPrevious history of surgery in females and roadside shaving in males are the commonest risk factors for hepatitis C infection: A cross-sectional retrospective study
Author(s) -
Ajay Kumar Patwa,
Amar Deep,
Sushil Kumar,
Sumit Rungta,
Virendra Atam,
Suchit Swaroop
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1313_20
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c virus , risk factor , hepatitis c , retrospective cohort study , cross sectional study , surgery , immunology , virus , pathology
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a causative agent of hepatitis C disease of the liver. We have analysed the major risk factors including demographic, clinical and genotypic distribution among HCV seropositive patients and their distribution in Uttar Pradesh, India.