Sidra Tariq2025-11-172025-11-172018https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/10332Hepatitis (HVB+HCV) are one of the leading infections that cause morbidity and mortality among the various hemodialysis patients. Hemodialysis patients are more frequently exposed to those viruses due to the fact hemodialysis (HD) patients than within the preferred population have a better vulnerability to blood product transfusions, infected dialysis equipment’s, and contamination from other environmental resources. Low duration of immunity related to number of factors like initiation of dialysis, older age, malnutrition, and a low antibody response and many others. Current study was projected to find out the pervasiveness of HBV and HCV infections in patients of ESRD being on maintenance dialysis at Mayo hospital, Lahore. 300 hemodialysis patients were selected randomly and were requested to fill a questionnaire asking about the risk factors for acquisition of viral hepatitis. Blood samples were subjected to biochemical tests and HBsAg and Anti-HCV antibodies were detected by third generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We found 6% patients were HBV positive and Anti-HCV antibodies were identified in 56% patients. The ages of the participants ranged from 12 years to 85 years (mean 44±16). Patients who were laid between the 1-30 ages group having high predominant rate of HBV and HCV disease prevalent in the age of 31-50 years. Patients were dialyzed more than six years had high % of Hepatitis infections. We found blood transfusion as one of the risk factor for acquiring hepatitis infections in ESRD patients.enThesis