title: Prevalence of hepatitis A, B, C & D in Ludhiana.
abstract: 172 sera were tested for serological markers of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and hepatitis D to define the aetiology of acute viral hepatitis by Enzyme immunoassays. The viral aetiology could be decided in 60.5% (104/ 172) of patients. Hepatitis B infection was present in 34.9%, hepatitis A in 10.5%, hepatitis C in 9.3% and hepatitis D in 5.8% of cases. Delta hepatitis associated with HBsAg positive hepatitis was detected in 10% (6/60) of the patients. The aetiology remained undecided in 39.5% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Ghuman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012698:Serologic Tests